What are you doing on Halloween?
Come and Trick-or-Treat with us! All three of our offices will be open for safe and fun trick-or-treating! So if you are already one of our patients, or have been wanting to come check out our offices, October 31st is the day to roam around and meet everyone within the clinic! It will be a…
Washington Audiologists Unite
This month Doctor Thomas Norwood, Doctor Terence Limb, and Clinic Director Ruth Norwood attended the Washington Audiologist Alliance meeting in Hadlock, Washington. The Washington Audiology Alliance meeting brought together members of other private practices throught the state. The Alliance was established in 1990 on the principles of providing the highest quality patient care through advanced…
Become Aware this October
October is a month of celebration in the Audiology world with National Audiology Awareness Month along with National Protect your Hearing Month! The two awareness campaigns are aimed at informing people about the profession of audiology, and to remind everyone to take care of their hearing. In celebration of the two awareness campaigns, I will…
Making Strides Walk A Success!
Speech Pathologist Maryam Sadrzadeh, Audiologist Trisha Ostermeier, Front Office Staff Member Katie Colburn, along with myself and friends of ESHC walked in the 12th annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk this Sunday. The sun was out, along with crowds of women and men who were out to make a difference. Over $120,000 was raised for…
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
Put on your walking shoes and join us this Sunday as members of the ESHC team participate in the 7th annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk in Downtown Bellevue. This is our second year participating in the fundraiser that raises money for the American Cancer Society. All proceeds go toward education, prevention and research….
Tips for Promoting Early Language Development
As children participate in day-to-day interactions with the people in their environment, they are constantly learning and developing language skills. Children who have difficulties with their language skills (including language comprehension skills and use of expressive language during spontaneous interactions) may benefit from examples of language through simplified exercised with you. Below are a list…
Listening Tips for Friends and Family Class
We are happy to introduce new “Listening Tips” class times to better meet the needs of our patients. For those who may not know, the Listening Tips for Friends and Family Class is a one hour interactive course, within our CONNECT Program, that informs the patients, friends and family on ways to bring the new…
Congratulations Sallie on 16 Years
Think of where you were today 16 years ago… For our front office manager in the Redmond office, Sallie Horton, she was begining her first day of work at Evergreen Speech & Hearing Clinic. On this day 16 years ago Sallie was learning about our two offices (which later became three), nine employees (which now…
Tips on communicating with people with a hearing loss!
Hearing loss can be quite frustrating for the families and friends of a hard-of-hearing individual, but learning the ways to communicate effectively can ease that frustration and help anyone with hearing loss maintain their communication. Here are some common tips for communicating with a person with a hearing loss: Get the person’s attention before you speak Do not have…
Aren’t all Hearing Instruments the same?
You may have seen ads on TV or looked at stores with low-cost hearing devices and thought to yourself; really what’s the difference between these hearing instruments and those that are higher priced? Well, thank goodness for research to help answer these unanswered questions! Professor Jerry Punch of the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders and Susanna…