Domingo Lends Charitible Hand

Posted by Sarah Canice Funke Dec 2, 2006

Primarily made of sounds, music would seem to be an art form inaccessible to the hearing-impaired. But world-renowned tenor Placido Domingo will attempt to counteract that assumption. He and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra are teaming up with Phonak, a Swiss company that makes hearing-devices, in order to bring sounds to the hearing-impaired. Together the leaders in classical music and the manufacturers will run a non-profit organization: The Hear the World Foundation. The foundation will begin operations in January, focusing on bringing hearing-aid technology to hearing-impaired children in the developing world.

This work will allow children (located in areas ranging from Central American jungles, sub-Saharan Africa, and remote areas of East Asia) the chance to experience an aural world.