World Autism Day
Today, April 2nd, we here at ESHC are “lighting up blue” in celebration of World Autism Day. The non-profit organization Autism Speaks started a global campaign encouraging people and places to light up the day blue to show pride and raise awareness. In 2012, more than 3000 iconic buildings and landmarks in over 50 countries on…
Echoes Of Spring
Spring has finally sprung (at least weather-wise) and the following poem was written to bring a little cheer after a long winter. Enjoy! It’s the dawning of another day. The touch of Spring, not so far away. Melting snows bring meadows of green. Grizzlies emerge from a den of dreams. A budding blossom, a…
Stuttering Therapy with the School-Age Child: Social Myths
The last part of this series on stuttering focuses on some social myths and how they relate to stuttering, as presented by Craig Coleman, M.A., CCC-SLP. Each myth is presented below. A praised child is a happy child. Research shows that children who are praised more frequently may become more competitive. Additionally, it is more…
Stuttering Therapy with the School-Age Child: The Research
In part one and two of this series, we talked about the importance of the patient and patient’s family input as well as the three components of stuttering. The most common question I get asked as a speech-language pathologist is “What causes stuttering?” The short answer is “We don’t know the exact cause.” However, here…
Stuttering Therapy with the School-Age Child: The ABCs
As we talked about in the last part of this series, parents play an integral part in speech-language therapy, particularly therapy for stuttering. Additionally, speech-language intervention for stuttering should also address three main areas: affective, behavior, and cognitive. These are sometimes referred to as the ABCs of stuttering. First, the affective component relates to the…
What Causes Hearing Loss
In a recent NYTimes article titled “What Causes Hearing Loss,” journalist Jane Brody dove into the world of hearing loss uncovering the real culprit of hearing damage – Noise! Many people are surprised to find out that noise, not age, is the leading cause of hearing loss. We’ve discussed in past entries to permanent hearing loss…
Understanding How We Speak
A new study revealed the patterns of brain activity that produce human speech. The findings may one day lead to new approaches for treating speech disorders. Most of us barely give a conscious thought to the process of speaking, but it’s one of the most complex actions we perform. In order to speak, your brain…
Stuttering Therapy with the School-Age Child
Recently, I took a course presented by Craig Coleman, M.A., CCC-SLP on ways to involve the family of a school-age child who stutters in the therapy process. He offered many great examples and ideas that will be shared in this four-part blog series. Parents are the experts on themselves and their children. The speech-language pathologist…
Happy AIKD
Today we celebrate the absolutely incredible kids in our life during “Absolutely Incredible Kids Day” an annual celebration started by Campfire USA. The goal of the holiday is to get the community involved in letting kids see how remarkable they are in the eyes of adults in their lives. At ESHC we’ve been encouraging adults to…
Tech in Treatment
Evergreen Speech and Hearing Clinic is excited to expand our use of technology during our speech and language therapy sessions. We are currently in the process of researching and implementing available technologies for the iPad to utilize in the therapy environment. ASHA has stated that use of applications on mobile devices have been shown to…