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…
1 in 5 Teenagers Have Hearing Loss
You’ve probably seen the headlines in the news over the past few days, as a recent study released the results from a multi-year study that showed that the prevalence of hearing loss in teens is on the rise with 1 in 5 showing signs of hearing loss. The loss can have an impact on their…
Evolution of Speech
Yesterday NPR featured a story on the evolution of speech in humans. If you’ve ever wondered just how sound is produced and how humans evolved to create the sounds we do today, take a listen! The six minute segment interviews experts in the fields and explains how evolution has played a part in the structure…
Till Next Summer…
Our Summer Fun Speech Sessions came to an end this Saturday in our Redmond office. The final days were spent cheering and showing our ESHC pride during Sports Fan Day. If you’re looking to find all the photos from the past two weeks, visit our facebook page. And don’t forget, we still have our reading…
New Support Site
In a world filled with facebook posts, tweets and online photo albums, support groups are turning online to offer 24 hour stories, advice and guidance. A new site was created this year to help parents of of children with hearing loss, HearingFamilies.com. The website was launched by Dr. Efrat Schorr, a developmental psychologist, specializing in the social…
What a SUPER Day!
Yesterday we found the inner superhero’s in our speech kiddos and staff! Everyone that walked in the door transformed into their very own speech superhero with capes, hats and crafting fun! Take a look at all the fun we had yesterday…what a SUPER day!
A Pirates Life For ESHC
Our SLP crew took our little pirates on a search through the offices to find buried treasure! Kate and Lindsey had a blast in their pirate year, and we loved seeing our speech kid’s coming in character too!
Lego Fun
Today the speech team put on their construction hats and built amazing lego structures with their speech kid’s during the second day of Summer Fun Speech Sessions in the Redmond office. Each kid also had the opportunity to make their own lego construction hat! We loved the creativity or the creations that walked out of…