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hoping for a purchase assistance program. Hearing Charities of America is associated with Sertoma, Inc. and they put her in touch with Tampa East Sertoma Club, a local chapter of the organization. “Club members were very happy to purchase this stethoscope for this young woman to allow her to fulfill her dream of becoming a nurse”, said club president, Jim Weiss.
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Working with Tampa East Sertoma’s affiliates at the USF Auditory and Speech Sciences Laboratory in Tampa, Florida and Callie’s personal audiologist in Gainesville, Florida, it was decided that the Eko CORE 500™ Digital Stethoscope would solve her problems. Tampa East Sertoma Club members voted to purchase the unit for Callie as part of their commitment to help others hear. Having a stethoscope that works for her hearing loss, Callie is again excited and optimistic about her future as a nurse and plans to ultimately get her Nurse Practitioner degree, where she feels she can do the most good helping others.
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Sertoma, Inc., was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit national service organization whose mission is to improve the quality of life today for those at risk or impacted by hearing loss through education and support. For more information about Sertoma, Inc. and its community of clubs, call 816.333.8300 or visit: www.Sertoma.org.
Sertoma stands for SERvice TO MAnkind, which is a perfect description of the group's mission. Tampa East Sertoma is a non-profit, 501(c)3 charitable organization, founded in 1965, is one of the area’s oldest civic organizations, serving the Tampa Bay community for nearly 60 years. We have raised more than $2.5 million for local organizations and have donated more than 800,000 volunteer hours to the community. Tampa East Sertoma Club supports Sertoma Speech and Hearing Foundation and the USF Auditory and Speech Sciences Laboratory in Tampa. The mission of Sertoma and its affiliates is to improve the quality of life through education and support for those at risk or impacted by hearing loss.
A consultation with her audiologist revealed a solution – a Bluetooth™ amplified stethoscope. It would solve Callie's problem, but the devices are expensive for a struggling student. Her next step? She contacted Hearing Charities of America,
each time, scar tissue built up around the tubes until she began to suffer a serious hearing impairment. She struggled through school and managed, but as Callie was preparing for college, one of her doctors recognized that the new larger classes at college could be a problem for her and suggested she get a hearing test.
Callie’s hearing loss was significant, and she was fitted with hearing aids. With her new-found hearing, college was going great. Callie decided that she wanted to be part of the medical profession, and she started on her nursing track. Then she hit a snag. Once clinicals started, Callie discovered she couldn’t use a normal stethoscope with her hearing aids. Putting the ear buds in her ears against the hearing aids was painful, and she had great difficulty distinguishing the body’s different sounds – a critical skill for a nurse.
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“I’m very grateful to Tampa East Sertoma’s help in getting and paying for this device. It really made it possible for me to continue to pursue nursing."
Callie Merrill wanted to be a nurse. She had good grades, and she’d been accepted into the nursing program at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Florida. She was excited about her career choice and really loved all the medical training. But Callie had a problem that could completely derail her plans.
Digital Stethoscope
The Digital Stethoscope in use.
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connects to my phone through Bluetooth™ where I can see a visual display on the phone while the audio is connected wirelessly to my hearing aids. I can finally hear everything clearly and
I can see it as well," said Merrill.
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“This digital stethoscope is amazing. I can use the collection device in my hand without the ear buds. It
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Founded in 1912 SERTOMA currently has more than 13,000 members in the US and Canada.
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Nursing student Callie Merrill
Other organizations helped by the Club include: Early Childhood Council, ALOTO (A League of Their Own), Sertoma Camp Endeavor, Self Reliance, Inc., Buddy Baseball, Lopez Exceptional Center, Temple Terrace Boys and Girls Club, St. Joseph Catholic School and others.
As a child, Callie had recurring ear infections and tubes were inserted into her ears several times to help keep the infections down. Problems occurred because
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