Hearing for those who can’t

This month, hipsters and do-gooder’s alike will be able to soak in some jamming sounds and help give someone the gift of hearing.

Every day in South Africa, 17 babies are born with some degree of hearing loss.

Recording Studios, a website which revolves around South African music and the many talented musicians who contribute to it, have started the #HearYeeChallenge to get people to donate to the Crowd Funding Campaign.

The event, to be held at Good Luck Bar, is in support of a charity called Hi Hopes and is proudly sponsored by The Beancounter, Choice Castings and Mouldings, Oticon SA, Converse, Smudge and Medbox.

Performing on the day is the very best in local music including Shortstraw, Naming James, David Beretta Owens (of Lithium), Hellcats and PitVirus.

“You love music and we love music and that’s why we want to team up and have a gig with a difference. We’re going to use our birthday event to raise money to fund cochlear implants and to buy hearing aids, giving children the gift of hearing. A cochlear implant costs R320 000,” said Colette Carr of Recording Studios.

Hi Hopes is the community outreach arm of the Centre for Deaf Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand. It provides support for families and is dedicated to helping deaf and hard-of-hearing children grow and learn in a world they cannot hear.

Their focus is on early intervention and promoting whichever method of communication is best suited to the particular child and his or her family.

Led by Professor Claudine Storbeck, a world specialist in deaf education, the groundbreaking Hi Hopes programme is the only one of its kind in South Africa.

Don’t miss out on the chance to have a good time and give cochlear implants to those in need.

Details: Hear Yee! Recording Studios 5th Birthday on Facebook; www.quicket.co.za