The day before the biggest event of the year, hundreds of people young and old gathered at a college campus on the outskirts of San Francisco’s celebratory bustle . There were no big signs, no music, and no paparazzi–just a platform stage, a few chairs and people anxiously awaiting their chance to sit in them. Athletes like Carolina Panther’s wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. came together with celebrities and the hard of hearing for a nine-year tradition between The Starkey Hearing