November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month In recognition of National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month, the Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is urging hearing checks and raising awareness of the importance of hearing health to our minds and memory. Today, nearly 40 million people in the United States have some degree of hearing loss. While the…
Identify the Signs
Last month the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA), launched a campaign called “Identify the Signs” to help increase awareness of the early stages of communication disorders. The overall goal of the campaign is to educate the public about the warming signs of communication disorders including speech, language and hearing. Early detection is a major…
Added Dates for Communication Enhancement Class
Evergreen Speech and Hearing Clinic is offering a communication enhancement class for individuals with all degrees of hearing ability. The goal is for participants to learn about why hearing loss causes communication difficulties and how poor communication can affect their well-being. The class is also designed to strengthen communication skills by learning strategies and new…
Protect Your Hearing!
In honor of National Protect Your Hearing Month, we want to feature a group of people that often get forgotten when it comes to hearing protection – musicians. Did you know that over 30% of pop/rock musicians suffer from Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL)? NIHL damage is caused by an overexposure to sounds in a sudden…
Hearing Health Quiz
In honor of National Protect Your HearingMonth and Audiology Awareness Month we found a quiz to help our blog readers decide if it’s time to get a check up on your hearing with a hearing test! 1. Do you find it difficult to follow a conversation in a noisy restaurant or crowded room? Yes No…
UW Engineers advance Hearing Technology
KPLU recently reported that Engineers at the University of Washington have developed a way for those with cochlear implants to enjoy music. Cochlear implants allow hearing impaired people to hear speech, however the implants are not sensitive to pitch. Engineers have achieved the affect of changing pitch by adjusting the algorithm used to encode the…
ESHC’s Music Listening Lab is in Full Swing
Evergreen Speech and Hearing Clinic’s Music Listening Lab recently got a visit from Local drummer Andy Tyra of the band Out Like Pluto who is photographed sporting his new Westone in-ear monitors. The Music Listening Labs allows musicians and music lovers the opportunity to demo and compare the different in-ear monitors on the market. Traditionally, those…
Life With A Hearing Dog
We love learning about new bloggers in the community, helping to tell their stories of life with hearing loss or speech difficulties. This past week we were introduced to a blog that highlights life living with hearing loss and a hearing dog. Since 2008 Cathy has shared her tales of life with her guide dog…
Communication Enhancement Class
On Saturday, October 19th, from 1:00-2:00pm Evergreen Speech and Hearing Clinic is offering a communication enhancement class for individuals with all degrees of hearing ability. The goal is for participants to learn about why hearing loss causes communication difficulties and how poor communication can affect their well-being. The class is also designed to strengthen communication…
What’s an Audiologist?
This month is declared as National Audiology Awareness Month! At ESHC we are making it our goal to get the word out on the wonderful career of audiology. Audiologists (pronounced Au-di-ol-o-gists) are the primary health care professionals who evaluate, treat and manage hearing loss and balance disorders in adults and children. The audiologists at ESHC…