Lohan joins hearing campaign

Last Modified: 11 Feb 2008
Source: ITN

Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan is the latest celebrity to lend her star status to a hearing loss awareness campaign.

The Mean Girls star posed for rocker and photographer Bryan Adams as part of the Hear the World campaign.

Musicians Amy Winehouse, Joss Stone, Annie Lennox, Moby, and 'King of Calypso' Harry Belafonte have also taken part to raise awareness about the importance of hearing.

Each star has been photographed with their hand behind their ear to convey an attempt to listen or hear.

The campaign calls attention to the social and emotional impact of hearing loss, which affects more than 10 per cent of the world's population.

Belafonte, who has hearing loss, said: "Good hearing is extremely important. It has a lot of impact on personality. I noticed (when my hearing got worse) that my voice changed, and I had to speak more loudly.

"People thought that I was speaking more aggressively, and I didn't mean to be aggressive at all. I just think people should be very, very conscious and protective of their hearing."

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