Courtesy of: Aruba Daily
As a guest of the Radisson Aruba Resort & Casino, Cory Soal enjoyed soaking up the sun, as well as the sights and sounds around the resort tropical pool. He was especially fascinated by Rendolf “Renny” Richardson, the Beach and Pool Attendant, who seemed to be having a great time caring for sun-seekers, delivering fresh towels and lounge chairs and in general making sure every guest was equally pampered from sunrise to sunset.
As a Hearing Healthcare Practitioner it became immediately clear to Soal that Renny has never heard his own voice, being hearing impaired and that he could use a state-of the art hearing aid to facilitate his communications with the world.
When talking to the General Manager at the time, Soal brought up the subject of hearing aids and the GM immediately pledged a complimentary vacation stay against hearing aid expertise.
Soal returned to the island the following year delivering not just one but twenty six hearings aids. Renny was his first client, and he was fitted with the latest hearing aid model, at no charge.
Angelique Croes from the Human Resources Department got in touch with neighboring resorts and thirteen hearing impaired individuals received Soal’s expert care; some were introduced to the world and the way it sounds for the very first time!
Soal reports the manufacturers he supports via his business in Georgetown were happy to donate the apparatuses, and while on vacation here with wife Jennifer, and kids Iyla and Mila, Soal is able to make time for his passion, making a difference, one hearing aid at a time.
Pictured here Cory Soal, and his family on this year’s island vacation, as usual he will working on adjusting hearing aids, and fitting new ones from his resort room. Special molded ear pieces are customized upon Soal’s return to the USA the sent back to the island to make the hearing aids even more comfortable for their wearers. And Renny is now the technician, as-needed, making the installations, having been taught how to, by Soal.
