Lace Up Your Running Shoes
Next week, over 30 of our staff, friends and family will lace up their running shoes and head to Juanita Park in Kirkland for the Kirkland Half Marathon and 5K. ESHC is proud to be a community sponsor of the event, and will be on site with free goodies and a raffle for custom headphones…
Happy Better Hearing and Speech Month
Today marks the first day of Better Hearing and Speech Month, a month of celebration and awareness! Our team has a jam packed month of community awareness including sponsorship of local events, donation and distribution of earplugs as well as free speech and hearing screenings throughout the Puget Sound area! Check our our special website…
Better Hearing and Speech Month Coming Soon!
May 1st marks the start of Better Hearing and Speech Month – a month of recognition and awareness of hearing and speech disorders, and the professions that work closely with them. Our annual celebration kicks off in all three offices with free earplugs! Make sure to drop by and pick up your free pair starting…
ESHC Celebrates National Volunteer Week
Did you know that this week (April 18-24) is National Volunteer Week? The week was declared in 1974, and calls people throughout the nation into action to help others. ESHC is celebrating this week by digging in and putting together over 7500 earplugs to be distributed throughout the month of May for Better Hearing and…
World Voice Day
Today is World Voice Day, a day celebrated by speech-language pathologiists, otolaryngologists, head and neck suregons along with other voice health professionals world wide. The awareness day encourages men and women, young and old to assess their vocal health and take action to improve or maintain good voice habits. In celebration, we wanted to share…
Free Speech and Language Screenings
The speech team, in celebration of Better Hearing and Speech Month, is offering local preschools and daycare centers the opportunity to host a speech and language screening at their site free of charge. Screenings are helpful in identifying children who need a more thorough assessment. Speech-language screenings are brief, relaxed and simple to conduct! The therapists will…
Hearing Loss Association Meeting
We’ve recently been working with the Hearing Loss Association of Bellevue to help spread word of their programming and monthly meetings. The group meets every second Saturday of the month at 1:00pm at The Lake Sammamish Four Square Church, in Room 104. The group seeks to open the world of communication to hearing impaired people…
City of Redmond Proclaims Awareness Month
We received word this weekend that Mayor of Redmond John Marcione signed a proclamation declaring the month of May as Better Hearing and Speech Month following a proclamation and resolution sent to the City of Redmond earlier in the month. “We’re excited that the City of Redmond recognizes the importance of generating awareness of the…
Speech Continuing Education
Speech-Language Pathologist Kate Pilant completed a course titled, “Meta-Linguistic Spelling Instruction,” last month as a part of her dedication to continued education. The course focused on ways to help children think about spelling by using 14 strategies to study a word rather than use rote memorization. By doing this, the child not only increases their…
Absolutely Incredible Kid Day Today!
Today is Absolutely Incredible Kid Day (AIKD) and we are celebrating in the offices with candy, stickers, stationary and bubbles for all the kiddos that walk in our doors!