Kiss of “Deaf”
Where’s the one place you should never kiss a baby…or anyone else? The ear! An innocent kiss right on the ear opening creates a strong suction that tugs on the delicate eardrum, resulting in a recently recognized condition known as “cochlear ear-kiss injury.” Such a kiss can lead not only to permanent hearing loss, but…
Sleep and Tinnitus
New research finds that people with tinnitus (perception of chronic ringing, buzzing, hissing or clicking in the head and ears) have more difficulty coping with the conditions with poor sleep. The study included 117 tinnitus patients treated at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit between 2009 and 2011. The findings showed, the more severe the patients’…
New Help and New Hope for Tinnitus
Doctor Terry Limb was interviewed this past week by Northwest Primetime to help explain exactly what Tinnitus is, and how our new program can help aleviate the pain and irritation of the condition. Below is an exert from the article, and we encourage you to read the entire story at northwestprimetime.com. “The impact of tinnitus…
We’re on Pinterest
We couldn’t help but join the Pinterest bandwagon – a place to store all of our favorite links on hearing, speech, language and balance. Have you joined Pinterest yet? It’s a social media site that allows you to “pin” websites and links from anywhere on the internet, and share (with images) all that you are…
Redmond Mayor Proclaims May as BHSM!
We just received word that Redmond Mayor, John Marchione, will be signing the proclamation today to declare May as Better Hearing and Speech Month! We are proud to have the city of Redmond support our efforts in raising awareness of the more than 42 million Americans living with speech, language and hearing disorders. Join us…
Better diagnosis behind rise in autism
In a recent MSNBC feature they unveiled new research that shows Autism cases on the rise. New figures released last week from a government study show 1 in 88 children as being treated for Autism and related disorders – or roughly 1 million U.S. children and teens. Previous estimates in 2006 showed 1 in 110. Health…
Do Seattlites Have Accents?
An post on MSNBC helped anser the question, “is there a Seattle accent?” For the majority of people in Seattle they would say “no” however University of Washington linguist Betsy Evans has a different answer, “maybe.” Evans work with colleague Alicia Beckford Wassink studied thousands of Seattle voices, and found a few distinct pronunciations that…
With Age, Men Loose Thinking Ability Faster than Woman
While digging through the NPR health blog we found a fascinating article that stated Men are more apt than women to lose thinking ability as they age according to recent research. Even more fascinating was the fact that people can reduce their risk of mild cognitive impairments by staying healthy and educated! The study followed 1,450…
Eastside SSG meeting
Please join us Wednesday, March 21st for our Eastside Stuttering Support Group meeting. We will meet from 7 – 9pm in Tan 134 of the Physician and Surgery Center of Evergreen Hospital. Spring has arrived! Please take this opportunity to participate in great discussions, meet new people, and visit with old friends. We hope to see you there!
Stuttering in Scientific American
In the latest issue of Scientific American they discussed in a feature article research that showed physical changes in brain wiring for those who stutter, affecting more than just speech. If you saw the movie The King’s Speech. there was a pivotal scene where the future king was convinced to put on a pair of headphones blaring music, and when he began…