A Conversation with Jaime Vernon, CEO & Founder of Songs for Sound!

The Listening Brain

Born in a small town of Summit Station, Ohio east of Columbus, Jaime Vernon will make you laugh, cry and feel like getting out and making a difference. She is the founder and Executive Director of Songs for Sound, a 501c3 non-profit organization she started in 2011. Jaime is the mother of two teenagers, Jacob (17, normal hearing child) & Lexi (14), who is profoundly deaf and has bilateral cochlear implants. She is a coach, a missionary, public speaker, motivator and lives life to inspire others into action in their corner of the world. Jaime has turned her daughter's gaps in hearing healthcare into a movement. Jaime was heartbroken at the thought that, like Lexi, people could go without the beautiful sounds life has to offer including music because of bad information or lack of understanding about where to get help for hearing loss. Jaime believes every human being on the planet deserves the right to hear, yet most people lack understanding, awareness or access to get help. Songs for Sound has a mobile hearing health outreach project that has toured 35+ states, countless cities and communities and provided over 31,000 people free hearing screenings, information and awareness. They've hosted over 900 free hearing health events and have over 700 community partner organizations and businesses. Songs for Sound started its international business model in Jamaica in 2014 and will continue its work helping to build a model for hearing healthcare systems in developing nations by returning this Fall to work with the Jamaican government to establish early intervention strategies and testing, awareness and increase interest in hearing and speech careers. Songs for Sound also hosts an annual Hear the Music Kids Camp each year for families with children with hearing loss. Jaime believes in the following pillars and approach: Outreach and Awareness Care Team support (team of people who nurture and help families navigate the hearing journey) Hope Programs (programs to help people of all ages to live sustainably & thrive with hearing technology) Jaime is passionate about helping people feel great about themselves and living their best lives. Simply put, Jaime wants to change teh world and believes God has called her to help those living with untreated hearing loss, to receive a gift and miracle of hearing. To learn more or donate, SongsForSound.org To partner as a clinic, audiologist, company or sponsor: [e-mail], 615.739.1194 You can listen to this episode by visiting: www.3cdigitalmedianetwork.com/the-listening-brain-podcast