Superbowl Champion Derrick Coleman Becomes Ambassador for Starkey Hearing

Starkey Hearing Technologies has announced Seattle Seahawk and Super Bowl XLVIII champion Derrick Coleman as a new company ambassador.

Coleman, pharmacy order a wearer of Starkey products since beginning his career in the NFL, was recently the first to be fit with Halo, Starkey Hearing Technologies’ new Made for iPhone Hearing Aids.

As part of the new partnership, Coleman will be an advocate of Starkey’s power products, which are specifically designed for those with severe-to-profound hearing loss.

A hearing aid wearer since childhood, the 23-year-old Super Bowl champion’s story captured the attention of the world when a commercial about his life’s journey to the NFL went viral, amassing well over 22 million views. Watch below:

In February of 2014, and the day before becoming the first deaf Super Bowl champion, he helped fit more than 100 New Yorkers with free hearing aids on behalf of Starkey Hearing Foundation.

“I’m thrilled to partner with a company like Starkey Hearing Technologies,” exclaims Coleman. “Through Starkey’s work of providing better hearing technology to people like me, or by giving the gift of hearing to those in need around the world, the work Starkey is doing inspires me.”

“Derrick has served as an inspiration to so many people around the world,” said Brandon Sawalich, Senior Vice President at Starkey Hearing Technologies. “We are excited to partner with Derrick — and together we can help show others with hearing loss the amazing possibilities that await them.”