Mick's getting an award from ASHA

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ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Mick Fleetwood, award-winning
musician and founding member of Fleetwood Mac, will receive the Annie Glenn
Award from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), Saturday,
November 19, 2005, Exhibit Hall A, the San Diego Convention Center. The award
recognizes Fleetwood's advocacy for the importance of hearing protection and
treatment for hearing loss.
Fleetwood, who has a partial hearing loss due to years of not protecting
his hearing, wants to warn people about the effects of loud noise, music, and
other sources of potentially damaging sounds on hearing health. Most
recently, Fleetwood served as national spokesperson for Energizer's "It's Hip
to Hear" program to demonstrate ways that people can protect their hearing
without giving up their music or disrupting their lifestyle.
The award that Fleetwood will receive was established in 1987 in honor of
Annie Glenn, wife of Senator John Glenn, who received treatment for stuttering
and who has dedicated herself to helping others with communication disorders.
The "Annie" is given annually to an individual who best exemplifies Mrs.
Glenn's dedication and spirit. Past recipients of the award include actors
James Earl Jones, Jane Seymour, and Marlee Matlin, publicist Henry Rogers, and
U.S. Senator Tom Harkin.
ASHA is the national professional organization for more than 120,000
audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing
scientists, the professionals who research and treat speech, language, and
hearing disorders.