Speech Continued Education
In July, Speech Program Director Maryam Sadrzadeh attended a course called “Listening with Our Eyes, Ears, and Hearts.” The course was given by Carla Brooks and covered a number of topics related to autism spectrum disorders. In addition, Maryam took two online courses in June on Central Auditory Processing Disorders ((C)APD). The courses included screening tools,…
Happy Labor Day
From all of us here at ESHC, we want to wish you a Happy Labor Day! Our offices will be closed today in celebration of the holiday. We’ll return to the office tomorrow morning at 8am, and look forward to working with you then!
Hear the World Twitter Event
This Tuesday, September, 7th from 8-9pm ET, the Hear the World initiative will be hosting a Twitter Event to raise awareness of hearing loss in youth. The event comes in the wake of recent studies being released on the high incidence of teens affected by hearing loss as a result of loud environments. The event…
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…