Marlee Matlin and her hearing aid experience

Marlee Matlin gives us an understanding why she wears her hearing aids in both ears and the reason she supports the Starkey Hearing Foundation on providing free hearing aids to kids around the world.

If you're in Minnesota or nearby, or can fly in, you can always attend the July 24, 2011 "So the World May Hear" 11th annual gala with celebrities and musicians stopping by to watch, celebrate, and perform. Last year, with their 10th annual Gala they raised a record $7 million dollars, the most ever. In 2009 they raised $4.6 million dollars with each succeeding year earlier raising more money than before.

This year 11th gala includes the ever present Marlee Matlin, former president Bil Clinton, Randy Hogan, and Doug Pitt as Honorees with hard hitting performers Miley Cyrus, Reba Mcentire, Garth Brooks, Meat Loaf, and the Kevin Costner & Modern West country band.

With Marlee Matlin's extensive coverage about her hearing loss as a deaf person on Celebrity Apprentice has raised her profile as well as awareness on hearing loss. I'm sure the 11th annual Gala "So the World May Hear" will raise even more money beating out the $7 million dollars raised in 2010. And provide even more hearing aids and services to kids around the world. Watch their latest captioned video of their visit to one of the towns in Africa they visited in 2010.