ESHC School Supply Drive
Evergreen Speech and Hearing Clinic is joining Hopelink’s effort to help 3,000 kids go to school ready to learn. Each of our offices will be accepting school supplies as well as donations to purchase additional supplies and box tops. A great idea for kids interested in supporting the back to school drive is to run…
Memorial Day
Today we remember all those who have served our country and we thank them for their time and sacrifice. Our offices will be closed on honor of the holiday.
The Power of Talking to Your Baby
Last week the New York Times highlighted language and learning in little ones in the well received article “The Power of Talking to Your Baby.” The article was one of the most shared stories online last week, helping to spread the important message of language development in children. The article introduces a concept that our…
Dr. Limb on KIXI Radio
This past week Dr. Terry Limb was a guest on “Chat With Women” a show on KIXI radio with the goal of motivating, inspiring and educating their listeners (all with a little bit of fun). Dr. Limb was live on air answering hearing health questions from hosts Rochelle and Pam including “what causes hearing loss,”…
Understanding How We Speak
A new study revealed the patterns of brain activity that produce human speech. The findings may one day lead to new approaches for treating speech disorders. Most of us barely give a conscious thought to the process of speaking, but it’s one of the most complex actions we perform. In order to speak, your brain…
New Voices for the Voiceless
Can you imagine not being able to speak, to say hello, to tell someone you love them, to ask for your basic needs? For many children and adults this is their reality, and according to a recent article on NPR they are being given a voice for the first time in their lives thanks to…
Boosting Your Child’s IQ
Earlier in the week we talked about a study that looked at the top ways to boost your child’s IQ. We’re featuring these techniques this week as ways in which you can give your child a leg up on learning. Studies show that interactive book reading (turning book reading into a conversation) can boost young…
The Perks of Preschool
Looking for more ways of enhancing your child’s IQ? All this week we’ve featured information on ways for parents to help enhance their child’s IQ from information found in a meta-analysis study conducted at New York University. What’s the next tip the study recommends, having your child attend preschool! Preschool offers novel stimuli, and opportunities to practise problem solving…
Music Enhancing Your Child’s Brain?
A new meta-analysis of gold-standard, randomized controlled trials has found there are reliable ways to boost a child’s IQ by age 5. John Protzko, a doctoral candidate in psychology at New York University, authored the study published in Perspectives of Psychological Science. Over the next few weeks we’ll feature his findings as ways for you…
How We Engage With Our Children Matters
Researchers long have evaluated the roles parents play in children’s development. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have found that mothers’ directiveness, the extent to which they try to control the content and pace of young children’s play, varies based on the children’s ages and the mothers’ ethnicities in the study, “Patterns of Maternal…