New look for everhear.com
We are so excited to announce the launch of our new website and blog! Thanks to the wonderful duo at Camp Doug for the beautiful re-design that features online scheduling inquiries, website content search, and new blog functionality that allows you to share your comments! We are thrilled to share our new site with you,…
Happy New Year!
All of us here at ESHC wish you a very happy start to the New Year! We have accomplished a lot in 2012, in great part to our wonderful staff, therapists, doctors and patients. We look forward to working with you all in 2013. Our office will be closed New Years day to allow our…
Autism Friendly Theater
Another Christmas has come and gone, but there was one story this holiday season that gave us that holiday feel good feeling! The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego created a special rendition of “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!,” geared toward people with autism and their families. The performance, one of the first…
Inspiring Story on Hearing Loss
Four months ago Austin Chapman, a 23 year old film producer who was born profoundly deaf, was fit with a set of hearing instruments that allowed him to clearly hear and understand music for the first time in his life. So what does a twenty something decide to do when able to truly hear music…
The Power of Dogs
Earlier this week the Chicago News Tribune posted an article about the power of dogs in trying times. A team of golden retrievers was sent to Newtown to comfort community members during the traumatic and trying times. When the charities’ dogs are not responding to a national tragedy, they often visit people in hospitals, nursing…
Are earphones on your kids’ holiday gift lists? Add a hearing screening
In a new research poll that was released by University of Michigan’s Mott Children’s Hospital it was found that parents are in favor of required hearing screenings for kids all the way up to age 17…and with good reason. Just yelling “turn it down” isn’t enough when young people are blasting music directly into their ears…
Happy Thanksgiving
From our family to yours, we wish you a happy Thanksgiving full of delicious food, family and friends. We are thankful for each of you! As a reminder our clinic will be closed this Thursday and Friday to allow our staff time to visit with their family and friends. Have a wonderful holiday, we’ll see…
The Science and Art of Listening
In a recent New York Times article, auditory neuroscientist Seth S. Horowitz of Brown University dove into the science and art of listening. Enjoy the post below learning exactly what the difference is between hearing and listening. HERE’S a trick question. What do you hear right now? If your home is like mine, you hear the…
Noise Induced Hearing Loss in Our Soldiers
Earlier this week we observed Veteran’s day paying honor to the men and women who serve our country. The day of remembrance and honor got us thinking about the hearing of our soldiers coming back from duty. Recent studies show that more than 12% of all deployed American soldiers who return from conflicts around the…
Musical Training May Delay Age Related Hearing Loss
A study conducted by neuroscientist Nina Kraus from Northwestern University found that the brain can be trained to overcome some age-related hearing loss. How exactly can this happen you may be wondering? Her study shows that people, whom have played music since childhood, had an advantage when distinguishing one consonant from another. Additionally she discovered that…