Help us spread hope this holiday season!
Donate to Evergreen Speech & Hearing Clinic’s Holiday Family! Evergreen Speech & Hearing Clinic has followed and helped one special family, which consists of seven adopted children between the ages of 19 and 25, for over 20 years. Throughout the years the family has faced many challenges including disabilities, depression, poverty, scholastic difficulties, and financial…
Tablets & Speech Therapy: Favorite App #2
Our second favorite application is “Barefoot Atlas”. This app features an interactive 3D globe. Your child is able to spin the globe to zoom in on different regions and countries of the world. It includes interesting landmarks, historical events, and sea and land animals. Once your child finds an interesting item, they can click and…
Tablets & Speech Therapy: Favorite App #1
The first application we will discuss is “My PlayHome”. This app features a customizable family. This best part is that the house the family lives in is completely interactive. Your child can open the fridge and give the baby a snack or pretend to brush the father’s teeth! It is a great application for preschool…
Tablets & Speech Therapy
In March 2013, Evergreen Speech and Hearing Clinic began using iPads within speech-language therapy sessions to support patient progress. We’ve now been using these iPads for approximately six months, and we want to share some of our favorites. In this 4-part blog series, we’ll discuss 4 applications and provide some general tips on how to…
How Loud is Too Loud?
We want to thank Parent Map for their recent article: Bring the Noise: How Loud is Too Loud to Cause Hearing Loss in Kids? highlighting the importance of hearing protection in loud environments. Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) damage is caused by an overexposure to sounds in a sudden spurt or through long/repeated exposure to sounds over…
November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month In recognition of National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month, the Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is urging hearing checks and raising awareness of the importance of hearing health to our minds and memory. Today, nearly 40 million people in the United States have some degree of hearing loss. While the…
Identify the Signs
Last month the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA), launched a campaign called “Identify the Signs” to help increase awareness of the early stages of communication disorders. The overall goal of the campaign is to educate the public about the warming signs of communication disorders including speech, language and hearing. Early detection is a major…
Happy Halloween!
Here are some of the great costumes that we have seen throughout the week! We are looking forward to seeing more during our trick-or-treating today!
Added Dates for Communication Enhancement Class
Evergreen Speech and Hearing Clinic is offering a communication enhancement class for individuals with all degrees of hearing ability. The goal is for participants to learn about why hearing loss causes communication difficulties and how poor communication can affect their well-being. The class is also designed to strengthen communication skills by learning strategies and new…
Protect Your Hearing!
In honor of National Protect Your Hearing Month, we want to feature a group of people that often get forgotten when it comes to hearing protection – musicians. Did you know that over 30% of pop/rock musicians suffer from Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL)? NIHL damage is caused by an overexposure to sounds in a sudden…