By attending Signia’s recent Captivating Exuberance 2017 Program, you have an excellent opportunity to gain positive exposure for your practice. Simply cut and paste this press release onto your letterhead with your specific information and submit to your local newspaper’s business/health editors or any other local media outlet or website. Include a black and white photo, if available.

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(NAME) OF LOCAL (PRACTICE/BUSINESS NAME) Attends International Symposium and Philanthropic Event with Signia Hearing Aids

(City), (State), (Date) – (ATTENDEES’ NAME, TITLE), with (WITH PRACTICE/BUSINESS NAME) in (CITY), recently attended the 18th annual International Symposium, “Captivating Exuberance 2017” in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This year’s event, hosted by Sivantos’ Signia brand hearing aids*, included a philanthropic event as well as educational sessions.

The educational program included sessions conducted by Signia staff on its upcoming product offerings, novel tinnitus therapies, the evolution of patient needs, and the overall future of audiology. For participating in the program (NAME), (a certified audiologist or licensed hearing aid dispenser), received continuing education credits from the (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, or American Academy of Audiology, or International Institute for Hearing Instrument Studies).

The philanthropic event provided a unique opportunity to help the less fortunate who have hearing loss but are unable to afford treatment. It was held in collaboration with local hearing care professionals in Rio de Janeiro, and in association with the Associação Brasileira de Assistência ao Excepcional (Brazilian Association of Assistance to People with Special Needs, or ABRAE). ABRAE, a 19-year-old non-profit philanthropic foundation, is located in the São Gonçalo municipality of Rio and provides support to underprivileged Brazilians of all ages with physical or mental disabilities. The organization acts in partnership with the local City Hall to collect donations of prosthetics, orthotics, and hearing aids and distribute them to children and adults in need.

Signia donated hearing aids to ABRAE while hearing care professionals, including (NAME) donated their time and expertise to provide expert fittings. A team of approximately 26 hearing care professionals and staff assisted in fitting 30 people in need of hearing aids. It was an overwhelmingly successful event with many happy tears and hugs shared by everyone involved

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About Sivantos

The business operations of the former Siemens AG hearing aid division have been combined into the Sivantos Group since early 2015. Sivantos can look back on more than 130 years of German engineering and countless global innovations. Today Sivantos is one of the leading hearing aid manufacturers worldwide. The owners of Sivantos are the anchor investors EQT along with the Strüngmann family as a co-investor.

*Signia is a Sivantos brand. Sivantos, Inc. is a Trademark Licensee of Siemens AG

More information can be found at www.signiausa.com