Reading Challenge Favorites
With 1,343 books read, we wanted to know just what books are the most popular out there this summer! We tallied up all the books our superstar readers read over the two month period and came up with a top ten list! #1 Fancy Nancy #2 Clifford #3 Juni B Jones #4 Arthur #5 Harry…
Congratulations Charissa
We are excited to announce Charissa Holcomb as our summer reading challenge winner 2010! Charissa took the challenge seriously, reading 204 books in two months! Not only did Charissa hit the books, she brought her brother and sister into the fun, reading to them nightly. For being our grand prize winner, Charissa was awareded a…
New Advocate On The Block
You may remember Joey McIntyre as being a teen singing sensation with the group New Kids on the Block, but today McIntyre is all grown up, and being honored by the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) this November for his support and advocacy of the speech and hearing professions. McIntyre’s son, Rhys has a moderate…
Superstar Readers
Congratulations to the 60 ESHC superstar readers that were up for the summer reading challenge. Combined our kiddos read over 1200 books. We are amazed by the hard work that these kids showed over the summer months. Our entire team is so proud of our amazing readers (and parents that helped along the way). Keep…
Study on NIHL
In a recent study published in the Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, an interdisciplinary team of researchers looked at the effects of noise exposure on students wearing MP3 players. The results of the study suggest that if college students listening behaviors (time spent listening and loudness of the sound) continue over a multiple year period,…
Global Foundation
The Global Foundation for Children with Hearing Loss, that we have spoken about in past blog posts, just completed their first missing to Vietnam to educate and advance the schools, parents and teachers on Deaf learning. 13 professionals from around the United States headed to Thuan An Center in South Vietnam where they helped educated…
Autism, an ‘Alien View’
Speech-language pathologist Kate Pilant found an interesting story on an ‘outsiders’ perspective to Autism from NPR earlier this week. The segment shares the story of a 27-year-old woman, Lisa, who tells of her life and observations of neurotypicals (those without autism). The story combines current theories, research and Lisa’s ‘Alien View’ of Autism disorder. Lisa recalls…
Departmental Team Building
Each department within the clinic has had the opportunity to meet for an individualized team building activity with Adventura Consulting. The “True Color” activities allowed the departments to look past the work day to discover how one another can best work and utilize the skills of one another. The entire staff will join together tomorrow…
Guest Grand Rounds
Last week our speech team had the opportunity to perform their weekly grand rounds meeting with a talented, experienced and highly respected speech-language pathologist, Carla Brooks. Carla is an expert in the area of Autism through the lifespan and provided the team with new perspectives and considerations in treating patients who have Autism. The team…
UW Creating New Assistive Technology
Washington state is forging the way for assistive mobile technology. Engineers at the University of Washington are developing the first mobile technology able to transmit American Sign Language (ASL) over cellular networks. The software called MobileASL is able to run on any cell phone that has the camera on the same side as the screen, a…