Turn Off the TV
This past Tuesday the American Academy of Pediatrics sent out a release, warning parents of infants and toddlers to limit the time their children spend in front of the televisions, computers, self-described educational games and even grown-up shows playing in the background. Video screen time provides no educational benefits for children under age 2 and…
“Keep Quiet”
Yesterday, a story was released by the New York Times on a young man and his battle with his teacher over his stuttering. The story has gone viral, bringing awareness and conversation to the world of stuttering. Philip Garber, a 16-year-old college student at Country College of Morris was asked by his professor to “keep…
Hearing Loss and Depression
Mental Health Day is recognized today throughout the country, and during this important awareness day, organizations such as the Better Hearing Institute (BHI) and us here at ESHC want to bring recognition to the important link between hearing loss and depression. A growing body of research indicates that people with untreated hearing loss may be…
Learn Basic Sign
This Saturday, the Eastside Chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America will host their monthly meeting featuring a presentation by the Hearing Speech and Deafness Center on the art of interpreting. The session will also teach guests basic signs to assist in everyday activities. The meetings are held at the Lake Sammamish Foursquare Church (14434 NE…
Redmond Floor-plans Revealed
We’ve got a sneak peek of the new Redmond floor plans, featuring windows in all the speech rooms, more office space for our professional staff and a larger waiting room for our patients! As the construction continues to progress, we are excited to see the floor plans coming to life.
Charlie
If you are thinking about coming to our Zoom Event, September 27-29th, get ready to meet “Charlie,” a high tech listening device that made his first trek out of his mid-west office at Phonak to be a part of our three day event. “Charlie” has the ability to demonstrate the listening experience of someone wearing…
Fast-paced Cartoons Causing Problems
Author Paul Nyhan of Birth to Thrive Online posted an interesting story this week on the effects of fast paced cartoons slowing children’s executive function. “A new study found that when a group of four-year-old kids watched “SpongeBob SquarePants,” a famous fast-paced cartoon on Nickelodeon designed for older children, for only nine minutes, they did worse on…
Musical Instruments: good for your ears
A new study published in Psychology and Aging, shows that playing a musical instrument throughout your life protects your hearing in old age. The results showed a 70 year-old musician’s hearing was as good as a 50 year-old who did not play, showing a significant difference in the musicians ability to pick out sound against…
New Colors Revealed
Yesterday at our all staff meeting, the colors and finishes for our new office suite in the Redmond Medical Center were revealed. We wanted to give you a chance to get a sneak peek of our new digs in suite 208.
Our Amazing Book Challenge Readers
During the summer months we put our speech kiddos up to a book reading challenge…read 10 books or more this summer and receive a $10 gift card to target. 37 of our superstar readers took on this challenge reading an amazing 3,137 books! Topping the reading charts was our grand prize winner Emma E. During…