Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Pose With a Patient Fitted at the Starkey Hearing Foundation Hearing Clinic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Alice Cooper, Joe Perry, Johnny Depp, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum, Bruce Witkin, and Tommy Henriksen of the Hollywood Vampires; Josh Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Dean Fertita, Michael Shuman, and Jon Theodore of Queens of the Stone Age; Amber Heard; Sergio Mendes; Bill Austin, Founder of Starkey Hearing Foundation; and Steven Sawalich, Senior Director of Global Media & Philanthropy at Starkey Hearing Foundation 

Amber Heard, Johnny Depp and Alice Cooper Fit Patients at the Starkey Hearing Foundation Hearing Clinic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 

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On Thursday, September 24th, Starkey Hearing Foundation and the Hollywood Vampires joined forces in Rio de Janeiro to provide more than 200 children and adults in need the gift of hearing in advance of the supergroup’s highly-anticipated performance on the main stage at the Brazilian edition of Rock in Rio festival.

Amber Heard Poses With a Patient Fitted at the Starkey Hearing Foundation Hearing Clinic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

Hollywood Vampires band members, including rock legends Alice Cooper and Joe Perry, Johnny Depp, Duff McKagan (bassist), Matt Sorum (drummer), Bruce Witkin (piano, guitar) and Tommy Henriksen (guitar) worked hand-in-hand with Starkey Hearing Foundation’s team of experts to fit pre-screened Rio residents with customized hearing devices.  These free hearing aids provided by the non-profit Starkey Hearing Foundation will transform the lives of the people who receive them.  Many were able to hear their families for the first time, to experience the joy of music and to live more independently as a result of their new found connection to the world. 

Alice Cooper Fits a Patient at the Starkey Hearing Foundation Hearing Clinic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Following the hearing aid fittings, Starkey Hearing Foundation transported recipients to the band’s performance at Rock in Rio festival, giving them the rare opportunity to see these rock legends perform as part of their very limited engagement tour and the chance to experience the thrill of hearing live music for the first time in their lives.

 

Bill Austin and Joe Perry Pose With a Patient Fitted at the Starkey Hearing Foundation Hearing Clinic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Three years ago, Alice and good friend Johnny Depp got together and decided the spirit of the Hollywood Vampires should live again (minus the drinking).  An environment for great artists to hang, laugh and play together. The Hollywood Vampires live again with the release of the Hollywood Vampires new album.  Alice and Johnny were joined by Joe Perry, who is an old friend of both of them, and the recording began: a tribute to the original Hollywood Vampires. 

Bruce Witkin and Tommy Henriksen Fit a Patient at the Starkey Hearing Foundation Hearing Clinic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Josh Homme Fits a Patient at the Starkey Hearing Foundation Hearing Clinic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 

Duff McKagan Fits a Patient at the Starkey Hearing Foundation Hearing Clinic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Hearing loss affects more than 360 million people, including 32 million children worldwide, and many do not have access to hearing devices that can help them. For more than three decades, Starkey Hearing Foundation has been changing lives through hearing care, providing more than 1.8 million hearing aids to people in need. The Foundation has given more than 200,000 free hearing aids worldwide in the last year alone.

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