“Face Time” Changing Communication
Earlier this week Apple released information on the new iPone 4 which includes a new application that allows users to video chat from their cell phone. The new app called “Face Time” will come loaded on all new iPhones (released June 24th). Apple explained during their presentation that the app has compelling uses, such as…
Cell Phone-Driving Law
The Washington State cell phone-driving law officially goes into effect today. Drivers that are seen talking or texting on their cell phone, without the use a handsfree device, can get a $124 ticket. The state patrol says there’s no warning period because it’s already been a “secondary” offense for years. There are exceptions for people…
Language Screenings Today
Speech Program Director Maryam Sadrzadeh and speech-language pathologist Julie Carlson will be at Issaquah Children’s Academy this morning for free language screenings to all those interested at the school. This past May our speech team made early identification their platform and offered local preschools and daycare sites the ability to have our therapists come on-site…
Congratulations Kathy Lopez
Kathy Lopez, winner of our iPod Shuffle with Custom Molded Headphones raffle at the Kirkland Half Marathon and 5K, came in to pick up her prize this afternoon. Dr. Rohila-Chadha met with Kathy and ensured the fit of her new (red) earmolds and presented her with a special engraved iPod shuffle. Lopez was excited to…
World Cup Causing Hearing Loss?
Cheering fans won’t be the only thing generating noise at the World Cup this weekend. South Africa’s ‘vuvuzela’ trumpet has just been deemed the loudest of all fan instruments by Hear The World Global Foundation. The three-foot long trumpet, that will be represented in abundance, blasts sound levels of 127-decibel (dB), that’s louder than a chainsaw…
Tinnitus Booth at Folklife
This past weekend at The NW Folklife Festival we received a lot of questions at our booth about Tinnitus, or as some people put it “ringing in your ears.” It is estimated that 50 million American’s experience Tinnitus each year. When Tinnitus occurs, you are preceiving sounds, although no external sounds exist. The exact physiological cause…
Advance for Audiologists
ESHC was featured this week in Advance for Audiologists. The online magazine highlights our achievements over the past month and the work we accomplished during Better Hearing and Speech Month. To read the full article and see photos from the month visit Advance’s website.
Floortime Model
Maryam Sadrzadeh, Jennifer Arenz and Kate Pilant participated in an online course on the mastery of the Developmental, Individual-Difference, Relationship (DIR)/floortime model from Stanley Greenspan. This treatment approach is used on children with a variety of developmental delays and Autism. The model covered… Functional developmental stages Individual differences in auditory processing and language, visual-spatial processing,…
Folklife Festival Success
This weekend eight of our staff members headed to the Seattle Center Vera Stage to hand out earplugs and goodies in celebration of Better Hearing and Speech Month. Throughout breaks in music the stage announced information about hearing health and informed listeners that they could protect their hearing by picking up earplugs at the door….
Northwest Folklife Festival
Join us all weekend long at the Northwest Folklife Festival! We’ve been invited to help increase awareness of Noise Induced Hearing Loss by passing out earplugs at the Alki Court Stage in the Vera Teen Center for the four-day festival. In between acts, the festival will present facts on NIHL and tips on how to…