Audiology Awareness Month
October marks a month dedicated to raising awareness of the field of audiology and just what makes their profession so unique. So just what is an audiologist (pronounced Au-di-ol-o-gist)? They are the primary health-care professionals who evaluate, diagnose, treat, and manage hearing loss and balance disorders in adults and children. They prescribe and fit hearing aids and assist in…
Redmond Floor-plans Revealed
We’ve got a sneak peek of the new Redmond floor plans, featuring windows in all the speech rooms, more office space for our professional staff and a larger waiting room for our patients! As the construction continues to progress, we are excited to see the floor plans coming to life.
McGurk Effect
Have you ever heard of the McGurk Effect? In 1976, this perceptual phenomenon that demonstrates the interaction between hearing and vision in speech perception was described in a paper by Harry McGurk and John MacDonald. The phenomenon suggests that speech perception is multimodal; meaning that what you think you’re “hearing” is actually the involvement of…
ZOOM Event Starts Today
Our ZOOM event, highlighting the newest hearing instrument technology, begins today in our Bellevue office. Nikolas Klakow will join our team to help further educate those in attendance on the features of the new instruments, and how the technology can benefit their lives. If you’re interested in learning more about the technology contact us to…
Thank You Jacque
Since 2000, Jacque Anderson has helped make the Bellevue office a wonderful place to work and visit. Last night we celebrated her nearly 12 years of service with a retirement party at 520 Bar and Grill in Bellevue. The staff mingled with memories of Jacque over the years, played games and toasted to her future…
Team Building
Today our speech department teamed up with Adventura Consulting for the exciting opportunity to climb high atop Red Hook Brewery’s ropes course! Our speech team had a great time zip lining through the trees and balancing across beams. The unique and challenging experience was geared to create a strong team environment and to work collaboratively with…
Exciting Changes for the Speech Team
The speech team is going through an exciting growth spurt, bringing on two new members to the speech team. It’s with this growth that we are expanding into a larger space this October within the REdmond Medical Center. Our move to suite 208 will allow for additional space for therapy, diagnostic testing and educational counseling…
Charlie
If you are thinking about coming to our Zoom Event, September 27-29th, get ready to meet “Charlie,” a high tech listening device that made his first trek out of his mid-west office at Phonak to be a part of our three day event. “Charlie” has the ability to demonstrate the listening experience of someone wearing…
Bake Sale Success!
Our bake sale was a huge success on Friday! Our Kirkland office was filled with brownies, cupcakes and cookies galore. We raised a total of $400 for our holiday family. For 20 years our office has been helping this family, and we couldn’t be more delighted to bake for such a great cause. Thank you to…
Fast-paced Cartoons Causing Problems
Author Paul Nyhan of Birth to Thrive Online posted an interesting story this week on the effects of fast paced cartoons slowing children’s executive function. “A new study found that when a group of four-year-old kids watched “SpongeBob SquarePants,” a famous fast-paced cartoon on Nickelodeon designed for older children, for only nine minutes, they did worse on…