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Free hearing and retinal screenings come to Streator July 25 · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Free hearing and retinal screenings come to Streeter July twenty fifth.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Shaw Local News Network, This article is being
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  Speaker 1: read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett.
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  Speaker 1: The Streeter Lions Club will bring a mobile hearing and
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  Speaker 1: retinal screening unit to the community Saturday, July twenty fifth,
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  Speaker 1: offering free screenings to residents. The screenings will take place
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  Speaker 1: from noon to four pm in the parking lot at
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  Speaker 1: five hundred and nine E Broadway in Streeter. No advance
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  Speaker 1: registration is required. Hearing loss affects about forty four point
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  Speaker 1: one million American adults age twenty and older, making it
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  Speaker 1: one of the most common chronic disabilities in the United States.
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  Speaker 1: According to the Lions Club, retinal disorders such as macular
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  Speaker 1: degeneration and diabetic retinopathy can significantly impact quality of life.
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  Speaker 1: The Lions Club encourages people age fifty five and older
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  Speaker 1: to take advantage of the free retinal screening, as early
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  Speaker 1: detection is critical. The mobile screening unit is sponsored by
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  Speaker 1: the Straighter Lions Club and the Lions of Illinois Foundation
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  Speaker 1: and is made possible through community donations. For more information,
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  Speaker 1: contact Carolyn Erler of the Straight Lions club at eight one, five, two, five, seven,
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  Speaker 1: zero one three one or eight one five, six, seven,
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  Speaker 1: two four six one four or visit www dot Lionsofillinois
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  Speaker 1: Foundation dot org