Patient Holiday Party Tonight
Join us for a festive good time tonight as we celebrate our third annual patient holiday party! Light appetizers and beverages along with activities for kids big and little are planned. We look forward to celebrating with you in our Redmond office tonight!
Reading with your child
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! The holidays are a great time to incorporate activities which can promote your child’s reading fluency, as discussed in a recent continuing education course offered by Dr. Shari Robertson. Reading fluency simply refers to three parts of reading: How quickly your child reads How accurate they are-…
Giveback!
Thank you to all of our patients, staff, blog and newsletter readers for helping with our “Think Pink” giveback campaign! With all of your help a generous contribution will be made to the American Cancer Society in support of breast cancer research. We are proud to be a part of the battle against breast cancer…
Happy Thanksgiving
From our family to yours, we wish you a happy Thanksgiving full of delicious food, family and friends. We are thankful for each of you! As a reminder our clinic will be closed this Thursday and Friday to allow our staff time to visit with their family and friends. Have a wonderful holiday, we’ll see…
UW Lecture
Last night speech program director Maryam Sadrzadeh spoke to first year graduate students in speech-language pathology at the University of Washington.Maryam shared her expertise on the workings of a private practice and the programs and services offered at ESHC. Maryam was impressed by the thought provoking questions the future professionals asked, along with their level…
The Science and Art of Listening
In a recent New York Times article, auditory neuroscientist Seth S. Horowitz of Brown University dove into the science and art of listening. Enjoy the post below learning exactly what the difference is between hearing and listening. HERE’S a trick question. What do you hear right now? If your home is like mine, you hear the…
Noise Induced Hearing Loss in Our Soldiers
Earlier this week we observed Veteran’s day paying honor to the men and women who serve our country. The day of remembrance and honor got us thinking about the hearing of our soldiers coming back from duty. Recent studies show that more than 12% of all deployed American soldiers who return from conflicts around the…
Developmental Milestones
If you’re a visual learner like myself, you must be loving the infographic trend that is setting every fact and topic to be learned into a visual explanation. I recently found a developmental milestones infographic that has been making it’s rounds on social media that perfectly depicts the growth of a little one’s speech and…
Gene Mutation Linked to Old Age Hearing Loss
Recent research out of the University of South Florida has identified a genetic biomarker for age-related hearing loss. The finding could have a significant impact on the future prevention and understanding of age related loss (officially called presbycusis) which affects roughly 30 million Americans. The study was conducted over nine years as a collaboration project between USF’s…
Facts to Consider Before Purchasing Hearing Instruments
We know there are a lot of choices out there for your hearing instrument, and as you begin the journey to finding the right hearing device, we want to providesome information to help you make an educated decision in an often confusing market. There are three things that are critically important to investigate before investing…