Criss-Cross Applesauce: “W”-sitting Posture
You may have heard your child’s SLP repeatedly tell your child “Criss-Cross Applesauce”. But why? What was likely happening was that your child was using a “W” sitting posture. This sitting position is when a child’s bottom is planted between the feet. When you look at the child’s legs, they form a “W”. Many children…
Hearing Loss and Falls
In a recent research study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine they found that older adults with mild hearing loss have a significantly higher risk of falls than those with normal hearing. The study used data on 2,017 people ages 40-69 and tracked their hearing and balance from 2001-2004. The data showed that 14%…
Balance Awareness Week
Today marks the start of Balance Awareness Week, the fifteenth annual celebration that takes place September 18-24th. The Vestibular Disorders Association (VEDA) established Balance Awareness Week in 1997 to raise awareness about the importance of balance and inner ear health for general wellbeing and quality of life. Take the time this week to learn more about…
Walk for Dizziness
Join the Seattle Dizzy Group as they gather this weekend to generate awareness on balance issues. The group will be gathering at 2:00pm on September 18th in Zeek’s plaza in Greenlake (7900 E Green Lake Dr N, Suite 105, Seattle, Washington 98103) for an awareness walk followed by dinner and mingling. The group encourages you to…
Continued Medical Education
This Friday Doctor Terrence Limb will present to the doctors and staff of Evergreen Hospital along with Doctor Beth Edwards from Evergreen’s Physical Therapy department. The presentation, titled “Hey Doc I’m Dizzy!” informs hospital staff of the diagnosis and treatment of patients that come in with a complaint of dizziness. It’s reported that 12.5 million…
Reducing the Risk of Falls
Did you know that 1/3 of Americans 65 and older fall each year? An update was made this week to geriatric guidelines that reccomended doing exercises to improve strength and balance as well as eliminating unnecessary medications. These two items have been found to be the top ways to prevent falls among older people. The…
Fall Prevention
In order for you to walk, run and stay balanced, your eyes, ears and various sensors (vision, vestibular and somatosensory) continuously work together throughout the body to keep you upright. The brain rapidly assesses messages from each of these three systems and corrects for any deviation that would put the body outside the limits of…
Celebrating 30 Years This Week
This week we continue our celebration of 30 years of service with a special event in all three of our office locations. The three-day event brings digital hearing instrument expert Rich Morgan to our clinic to meet with our patients and help them decide what hearing solutions might be best for them.
Balance Awareness Week
September 20-26 marks the thirteenth annual Balance Awareness Week. The Vestibular Disorders Association (VEDA) established Balance Awareness Week in 1997 to inform the public about the importance of balance and inner ear health and how it affects general well being and quality of life.