Walk for Children with Apraxia
This weekend our Speech Accounts Coordinator, Lisa Shockley, discovered a wonderful community Walk for Children with Apraxia. Join this great cause on Sunday, September 18th at 10:00am in Torguson Park in North Bend. The walk is being held to benefit the Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA), an organization that helps to support…
Summer Reading Challenge
Have you joined into our summer reading challenge yet? Our speech team is challenging all the kiddos we know to jump into literacy this summer by reading at least 10 books. Every child that reads 1o books, and fills out our reading challenge form will win a gift card to Target! For those that wish…
The Great Book Exchange
Do you have books sitting around your house that you haven’t read in awhile? Bring them into our Kirkland or Redmond office and receive a “book buck” for every one you turn in. At the end of the month you’ll be able to turn in those book bucks for a dig through our collection bin…
Another Great Derby Days
We were proud to be a community sponsor for the Redmond Derby Days Kid’s Parade again this year. The clinic has participated in the festival for over 27 years, being one of the longest standing sponsors. This years celebration was one of the largest parades in the festivals history. The clinic handed out pirate goodie…
Derby Days This Weekend
We’re breaking out our pirate decorations and hitting the streets of Redmond this Saturday in celebration of Redmond Derby Days! Come join our crew of “castaways” as we led the AHOY MATIES kid’s parade group. Check-in for the parade starts at 9:15am in the Redmond Medical Center parking lot and the .3 mile parade begins…
Think Globally
Local non-profit, The Global Foundation for Children with Hearing Loss, that we have written about in the past, is about to embark on their second summer training program in Vietnam. The group is anxiously awaiting the start of their month long program on June 27th where 16 audiology and speech-language pathology professionals from the US and…
Support Group Presentation
Last Wednesday, Whitney Jacky, a fourth year AuD student from Idaho State University and a member of our Internship Program, presented at Evergreen Cancer Lifeline’s Oral, Head and Neck (OHN) Support Group. The meeting provides open discussions, presentation and support to patients, survivors, caregivers, friends and family members. Whitney presented on aspects of hearing health, tinnitus and…
Thanks for a great BHSM!
Wow, what a month it’s been! We kicked off Better Hearing and Speech Month Monday May 2nd in all three offices and hit the ground running with a month filled with awareness and celebration. During the month we handed out 4000 earplugs and logged over 350+ hours of volunteer work and involvement from our staff…
NW Folklife Festival
We are beyond excited to bring the celebration of Better Hearing and Speech Month to the 40th Annual Northwest Folklife Festival this weekend! Drop by our booth at the Vera stage (in Seattle Center) to pick-up free earplugs, giveaways and information on how to keep your ears healthy and safe! The stage will also deliver…
A Night of Learning
Last night we were pleased to host 37 patients in an evening of education and advocacy during our first Advanced Patient Workshop. The workshop included five presentations by students from the University of Washington on current Aural Rehabilitation (AR) information. Topics included speech reading, environmental manipulations, LACE, advocacy and a crash course in anatomy. A…