Miracle-Ear Foundation

Help Paying for Medical Costs - Gift of Sound Hearing Aids

Help paying medical bills and expenses related to medical care

Description

Provides financial help to people with a health condition or disability so that they can pay medical bills or other expenses related to health care.

Additional Information

The Gift of Sound hearing aid program helps children and adults with hearing loss gain access to hearing aids.

The program is designed for people who demonstrate a personal inability to financially provide for their hearing health needs.

Features

• Area Served by County
  • Aitkin County
  • Anoka County
  • Becker County
  • Beltrami County
  • Benton County
  • Big Stone County
  • Blue Earth County
  • Brown County
  • Carlton County
  • Carver County
  • Cass County
  • Chippewa County
  • Chisago County
  • Clay County
  • Clearwater County
  • Cook County
  • Cottonwood County
  • Crow Wing County
  • Dakota County
  • Dodge County
  • Douglas County
  • Faribault County
  • Fillmore County
  • Freeborn County
  • Goodhue County
  • Grant County
  • Hennepin County
  • Houston County
  • Hubbard County
  • Isanti County
  • Itasca County
  • Jackson County
  • Kanabec County
  • Kandiyohi County
  • Kittson County
  • Koochiching County
  • Lac qui Parle County
  • Lake County
  • Lake of the Woods County
  • Le Sueur County
  • Lincoln County
  • Lyon County
  • Mahnomen County
  • Marshall County
  • Martin County
  • McLeod County
  • Meeker County
  • Mille Lacs County
  • Morrison County
  • Mower County
  • Murray County
  • Nicollet County
  • Nobles County
  • Norman County
  • Olmsted County
  • Otter Tail County
  • Pennington County
  • Pine County
  • Pipestone County
  • Polk County
  • Pope County
  • Ramsey County
  • Red Lake County
  • Redwood County
  • Renville County
  • Rice County
  • Rock County
  • Roseau County
  • Scott County
  • Sherburne County
  • Sibley County
  • St. Louis County
  • Statewide
  • Stearns County
  • Steele County
  • Stevens County
  • Swift County
  • Todd County
  • Traverse County
  • Wabasha County
  • Wadena County
  • Waseca County
  • Washington County
  • Watonwan County
  • Wilkin County
  • Winona County
  • Wright County
  • Yellow Medicine County

• Payment
  • Free / no cost to eligible clients

• Specialization
  • Adults with disabilities
  • Children and/or youth with disabilities
  • Deaf or hard-of-hearing
  • People with low income

Eligibility

Applicants must:

• Have a hearing loss that requires amplification (hearing aids)
• Have no other resources available including but not limited to: insurance, state Medicaid program, Veterans Affairs (VA) or vocational rehab, state or local programs, other charity sources
• Total household income must be at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines and demonstrate personal inability to financially provide for hearing health

Fee

No fee for children, $150 application fee for adults, ages 19 years and older.