HEAR for the Holiday’s
The holiday season is upon us, and as we make our final preparations for family and friends to visit. For many the holiday’s are a joyous time, however, all too often they are an especially difficult time of year for people with hearing loss. Many people with hearing loss feel anxious about holiday gatherings; worrying that they…
Toys Causing Hearing Loss
We are just days away from Santa delivering presents to all the good boys and girls, but before your child makes their final Christmas list, make sure you take a look at the top 20 toys in 2011 that can cause hearing loss. The list below was compiled by the Sight and Hearing Association. They…
Sounds of Our Lives
Have you ever wondered when you say the words “telephone ring” exactly what sounds pop into the heads of your friends and family? The producers of radio lab, a nationally recognized radio show, have thought endlessly about this while putting togehter their segments each week…just what sounds will trigger thoughts or nostalgia in your head?…
Food Drive Success!
As our food drive came to an end last week, we raised a total of 829 items of canned food in support of Food Lifeline! Our Redmond office pulled the largest number of donations between each clinic, with an amazing 469 items! We can’t thank everyone enough for participating and bringing in their donations to…
Hearing Protection for the Marines
We saw a press release pass through our email box last week and thought our readers would enjoy learning more about how our troops are working to protect them hearing. Did you know that hearing loss is now the second most common battlefield injury, surpassed only by blast trauma? Between 2001 and 2008, 6,300 Marines…
Meet Front Office Manager Tyla Martens
Redmond front office manager Tyla Martens grew up in Lake City, Minnesota and lived there until the fourth grade, when her family moved to Washington. Growing up she had dreams of being a librarian, teacher or working with animals. After attending college back in Minnesota, Tyla found herself in Washington again, and has been working for…
Holiday Bake Sale
Please join us Thursday, December 22nd in our Kirkland office for our holiday bake sale to raise money for the Eiseman family who we have been supporting for over twenty years. We will have plenty of cookies, brownies, cupcakes and other sweet treats to tempt everyone so please stop by between 10 – 4 on…
Meet SLP Beth Kuehn
Beth Kuehn, M.S., CF-SLP grew up in the Seattle area. She attended Washington State University as an undergrad, and then went on to receive her masters in speech-language pathology from the University of Washington. When she was younger, Beth had dreams of becoming a school teacher. She became interested in speech therapy while in college…
Food Drive
There are only two weeks left for our clinic food drive in support of Food Lifeline! Please be sure to bring in your non-perishable food items to your appointments or stop by any of our three office locations from 8-5 Monday through Friday. If you are interested in further helping the organization, join us and…
Holiday Grand Opening Tonight
Join us tonight at 6pm for the official grand opening of our Redmond location, and a celebration of the holiday season! Take a tour of our new facility while sampling local wines and delicious appetizers. We look forward to sharing our new home with you all!