Doing Good in Peru!
Evergreen Speech and Hearing was proud to donate hearing instruments to Kaitlin Alayo, a local Girl Scout travelling to Cusco, Peru for her Gold Award Project. While there, Kaitlin will be teaming up with audiologists at the community’s hospital, helping to fit and distribute hearing aids to citizens who would otherwise have no access to such…
Interview With A Super Bowl Champion On Overcoming Obstacles and Tackling Global Hearing Loss
Derrick Coleman’s journey through life, and ultimately the same one that led him to the NFL, becoming a Super Bowl champion, and now an inspirational figure on a global stage, is truly the apotheosis of the possibilities that can manifest when facing adversity with relentless perseverance. A fascinating story that most became familiar with last January…
Not your grandfather’s hearing aids
Watch a person who has trouble hearing try to cope without help from a hearing aid and you’ll see how hard it is to navigate life when this vital sense starts to weaken. Cupping hands behind the ears only goes so far when it’s hard to understand the normal volume of conversations, television shows and…
In the News: Hearing loss and Children
Multiple studies, conducted over the past 20 years by researchers at Vanderbilt University, show that unidentified, minimal hearing loss is a significant factor in the social and educational progress of young children. Many children go undiagnosed, and are often dismissed as having poor attention spans or immature attitudes. Recent data indicates a thirty percent rise…
E-Games: A Cause for Concern with Children?
Electronic games (e-games) are widely used by children as part of their daily life. Up to 50% of all children use e-games in their bedroom, and children are estimated to accumulate more than 10 hours of exposure to electronic media daily. With the emergent electronic use, parents and health professionals have also raised concerns regarding…
American Hearing Aid company receives two Product Awards
Hearing aid pioneer Starkey Hearing Technologies was recently honored with two product awards. Winners were judged by a panel of more than 3,000 peers, including business executives, past winners, academics and leaders in the fields of product development, design, engineering, science and medicine In March, Halo™ was awarded a red dot award for product design….
Made for iPhone Hearing Aid Brings Personalized Hearing to Millions
Starkey Introduces Halo, A Revolutionary New Hearing Aid Evergreen Speech and Hearing Clinic is excited to announce that it is one of the first to offer Halo™, a Made for iPhone® hearing aid, engineered to be compatible with iPhone, iPad® and iPod touch®. The Halo hearing aid gives the more than 26 million Americans with untreated hearing loss a new, discreet option that seamlessly connects with some…
iPads Working Wonders for Kids with Autism
Kids are always stealing their parents’ iPads to play Angry Birds and watch videos. But as it turns out, there’s more benefit to this practice than just a boost in hand-eye coordination–especially when it comes to autistic children. According to new research by Vanderbilt Peabody College’s Ann Kaiser and funded by Autism Speaks, children with autism can…
Adult Hearing Screens
All too often, patients only consider hearing health when an impediment is obvious. But should the average adult have their hearing tested regardless? And how frequently should one be tested? Standard recommendations from the American Speech and Hearing Association suggest that adults under the age of fifty should have their hearing screened a minimum of…
Seattle Seahawk is inspiration to those with hearing loss
After appearing in a Duracell commercial that covered his journey of becoming the first legally deaf offensive player in the NFL, Derrick Coleman has become an instant inspiration to those with hearing loss. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2HD57z4F8E The inspiration he is to one little girl has gone viral after she wrote a letter to him that her…