Doing Good in Peru!
Evergreen Speech and Hearing was proud to donate hearing instruments to Kaitlin Alayo, a local Girl Scout travelling to Cusco, Peru for her Gold Award Project. While there, Kaitlin will be teaming up with audiologists at the community’s hospital, helping to fit and distribute hearing aids to citizens who would otherwise have no access to such…
Early Intervention Changes Lives
A new study in Pediatrics has shown that speech and hearing disorders are a growing cause of disability for US children. Early detection and treatment is essential in the management of speech and hearing problems in kids, with timely intervention being the most efficient solution and a necessary one, according to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Learn more here.
July’s Special Staff Members
Congratulations to our employees celebrating work anniversaries in the month of July! Thank you for all that you do! July 1: Jody N. – 15 Years July 1: Jessica N. – 1 Year July 6: Jennifer Dierenfeld – 7 Years July 11: Lindsey M. – 3 Years July 15: Cheryl L. – 17 Years
Summer Fun Speech Sessions are coming up soon!
Our Summer Fun Speech Sessions are fast approaching! Two fun-filled weeks of games, costumes and crafts are planned, bringing the excitement of summer camp indoors to our speech kids! Kirkland: August 11th – August 16th Redmond: August 18th – August 23nd Check back shortly for each day’s exciting themes!
Hopelink’s School Supply Drive – Donate at ESHC!
From now until early August, ESHC is participating in Hopelink’s Kids Need School Supplies annual campaign. The purpose of the supply drive is to provide assistance to children who need essential school supplies. With your help, we can fill as many backpacks as possible! To participate, bring an item on the list below to any of our clinics, or call…
ESHC Around the World
ESHC’s Speech Program Director, Maryam Sadrzadeh, and a team of speech language pathology students from the University of Washington recently took a trip to Guatemala where they volunteered their time and expertise helping patients with varying degrees of communication and swallowing disorders. The group evaluated patients requiring various levels of therapy, from those with…
Interview With A Super Bowl Champion On Overcoming Obstacles and Tackling Global Hearing Loss
Derrick Coleman’s journey through life, and ultimately the same one that led him to the NFL, becoming a Super Bowl champion, and now an inspirational figure on a global stage, is truly the apotheosis of the possibilities that can manifest when facing adversity with relentless perseverance. A fascinating story that most became familiar with last January…
Not your grandfather’s hearing aids
Watch a person who has trouble hearing try to cope without help from a hearing aid and you’ll see how hard it is to navigate life when this vital sense starts to weaken. Cupping hands behind the ears only goes so far when it’s hard to understand the normal volume of conversations, television shows and…
Fireworks: As loud as jet engines!
Summer sounds include much more than crickets chirping. Outdoor concerts, parades, 4th of July fireworks, public transportation and construction sites all have one thing in common: High decibels of noise. One in 10 Americans has hearing loss that affects their ability to understand normal speech. Aging is the most common cause of this condition. However,…
June’s Special Staff Members!
Best wishes to our employees celebrating birthdays in the month of June! We hope that each of you has a special, cake-filled day! June 4: G.E.June 24: JackiJune 25: JenniferJune 27: SherryJune 30: Kristen Congratulations to our employees celebrating work anniversaries in the month of June! Thank you for all that you do! June 8: KarenJune 27: Sarah