World Mental Health Day
This year’s World Mental Health Day (October 10th) focuses on the close association of depression with chronic physical illnesses or disorders – including education on the link between hearing loss and depression. Depression can be a disabling illness that seriously impacts overall health. Untreated hearing loss can lead to isolation, depression and other emotional conditions affecting mental…
Stuttering Awareness
International Stuttering Awareness Day is soon approaching (October 22nd)! Join us in raising awareness and celebrating those who stutter during our monthly stuttering support group meeting on October 20th! We’ll highlight new papers and information that are being added daily during the online conference hosted by Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Making Strides
Join our team this Sunday (October 10th) in downtown Bellevue for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. Our team of friends, family and co-workers has raised nearly $1000 in support of breast cancer awareness and research. Our group has walked in honor of women around the world for the past five years, and we look forward…
Pink Crusaders
The staff of ESHC gathered last night to put together pink ribbons for our groups walk this Sunday! The team made hundreds of ribbons to celebrate the women in our lives that we’ve lost to breast cancer, and to the many others we know that have survived. We are proud to be a part of…
SSG Annual Hike
The Eastside Stuttering Support Group took their September meeting outdoors on the third annual fall hike! The group trekked to Talapus and Olallie Lakes, a 4 mile (round trip) scenic adventure. We are so proud of our always growing group, and are excited for many more adventures together.
National Protect Your Hearing Month
Today marks the first day of National Protect Your Hearing Month. The month is dedicated to creating awareness on the dangers of noise induced hearing loss and helping people understand the different options that are available for hearing protection. We encourage everyone to think about your hearing health this month and preserve it by wearing…
Dish Up Literacy 2010
Are you wondering what you’re going to have for dinner tonight? Instead of heading home to cook, head out to “Dish Up Literacy” and dine out for a good cause! Restaurants throughout Seattle and the Eastside are opening their doors to support literacy. By eating at any of the participating restaurants, at least 20% of…
Hearing Protection
In an effort to further educate our patient’s and the public on hearing protection options, our current fourth year audiology interns, Deborah Miller and Kailen Judge, took on protection education as their clinic project. The goal was to create education for the entire lifespan of hearing health. Deborah’s project looked at how to educate the…
Echoes
A new study released in the journal Neuron, by University of Oregon scientists Brian S. Nelson and Terry T. Takahashi suggests that people with healthy hearing hear less echoes. When a sound reaching the ear is loud enough, auditory neurons simply accept that sound and ignore subsequent reverberations. When you are speaking with someone, you hear the sound…
Technology Event
A huge thank you to our current and new patient’s that came to our offices this week for a special technology event. We were excited to have industry expert Nikolas Klakow on hand to meet with each patient and help find technology that would best fit their needs and lifestyle. If you’re interested in having…