Doctor of Audiology Externs from Universities Nationwide
Evergreen Speech and Hearing is happy to have externs Anna Moore, Abby Hansen and Jaimie Ferrara join our team. Anna Moore is interested in auditory processing disorders, hearing aids and electrophysiology/vestibular disorders. They earned their bachelor’s degree from Ohio State University and are completing their doctorate from Northwestern University. In their free time, they enjoy…
These Habits Could Harm Your Hearing Health
October is Audiology Awareness Month, which makes it a perfect time to highlight ways to protect your hearing health. It’s easy to take hearing health for granted. However, if you’re one of the 15% of American adults who report trouble hearing, you know how impactful hearing loss can be. While not all factors that contribute…
How to Choose Headphones to Prevent Hearing Loss
Did you know that exposure to loud noise is one of the leading causes of hearing loss across all age groups? Since October is Audiology Awareness Month, we want to highlight the various ways you can protect your hearing. One essential way to do that is choosing the right pair of headphones. What is Noise-induced…
Social Communication Skill Building for Tweens and Teens
Adolescence is the stage of life where you are tasked with figuring out so much about yourself and the world around you. One of those things to understand is the rules of communication. For tweens and teens, these rules are often unspoken and confusing to interpret. COVID-19 and the digital age has made this even…
Summer Fun Days return to Evergreen Speech & Hearing Clinics
We were excited to welcome back Summer Fun Days this past month! During our week-long event, we created a fun camp-like environment in all our clinics for our younger speech patients. We had five themes, one for each day of the week: Superhero Day, Sports Day, Beach Day, Animal Day and Color Day. We had…
Evergreen Speech and Hearing Hosts BHSM Activities
Evergreen Speech & Hearing had a busy month this May. In honor of Better Hearing and Speech Month, we hosted several presentations and webinars. On May 2, Starkey’s Chief Innovation Officer Dave Fabry led a webinar about how newly released innovations in hearing health technology are improving lives of patients with hearing loss. Focuses included…
Strategies to Enhance Communication
Successful communication between two conversational partners requires intentional efforts from all those involved. Our hearing makes it possible to identify environmental sounds, localize the source of sounds, understand speech and participate in conversations. Hearing loss may greatly impact one’s ability to actively follow and participate in conversations, especially in unfavorable listening environments. While hearing instruments…
The Importance of a Hearing Test Before a Speech Evaluation
One may wonder why a child’s hearing needs to be assessed when the primary concern is speech or language development and not about hearing. For a speech-language pathologist to evaluate a child’s speech and language ability, it is crucial to establish that the child has full access to speech sounds. How We Test Your Child’s…
Prescription Hearing Aids and Non-Prescription Hearing Aids: Considering the Options
The Food and Drug Administration’s August Ruling On October 17, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) August ruling allowing for the purchase of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids went into effect. This exciting development has been in the works since 2017. The FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 directed the FDA to create a category…
GE Is Retiring!
As we close out this amazing year, we would like to highlight one individual for her many years with us. GE has given Evergreen Speech and Hearing Clinic 17 wonderful years of devoted work, and now she is on to a new and exciting chapter of her life! When we asked GE to think about…