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| Rochelle Amann |
Vice President and SecretaryRochelle “Shelly” Amann was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She earned her Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration, from University of St. Thomas in 1989. She has extensive experience in general business management, marketing and sales. During college she worked as a marketing intern for Medtronic. After graduation, Mrs. Amann began working on new business development in the Biomedical OEM Division of Porous Media. In the last five years her knowledge and experience has seen exponential growth as she has headed up marketing and been responsible for day-to-day management at two medical start-up companies – Lexion Medical and Envoy Medical
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The burden of hearing impairment and deafness falls disproportionately on the poor, because they are unable to afford the preventive and routine care necessary to avoid hearing loss, or to afford [devices] to make the condition manageable. Hearing impairment can also make it more difficult to escape poverty by slowing progress in school and the workplace, and placing people in social isolation….The cost of special education and lost employment due to hearing impairment can also impose a substantial economic burden on countries.”
– World Health Organization