It’s Better Hearing and Speech Month! As professionals in the speech and hearing sciences, we’re tasked each May with bringing awareness to communication disorders and the work we do to remediate them. It’s a big job, and thankfully there are thousands of us out there spreading the good word about what we do and why… (read more)
Better Hearing and Speech Month (BHSM) is the time of year when speech-language pathologists and audiologists get to take center stage and bask in the glow while we shine a light on the many incredible things that these professionals do every.single.day. all.year.long. every.year. To a layperson such as myself, the idea of a stage lends… (read more)
Earlier this week Kim Mahi and Lori Pastoor wowed our group with their presentation on Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders (OMDs). I mean, really. Kim and Lori have received extensive training in this area. They shared case studies of clients they see at the Hello Clinic, as well as videos of treatment. Orofacial Myology is more than… (read more)
It is the 2nd week of May, which means it’s National Stuttering Awareness Week! We’re thrilled to share this resource, created by one of our favorite teenagers here at the clinic and his SLP, Alice Jeske. They took facts about stuttering and combined them with her thoughts on stuttering. The result is this fabulous poster that… (read more)
On Saturday, April 21 we had the privilege of volunteering with Michelle’s Love. The mission of Michelle’s Love is to help relieve the stress of single parents undergoing cancer treatment by offering financial relief, house cleaning, and nutritious meals so that parents have more time to heal and to share quality time with their children. … (read more)
I had this crystal clear idea in my head as to how I would tackle the American Telemedicine Association Conference at the end of the month. Like any other conference, I’d look at the program and circle the sessions I didn’t want to miss and perhaps circle the names of presenters I may want to… (read more)
April is OT month! The number one occupational therapy question we get from families is: What is Occupational Therapy? Rachel Stankey answered that question in great detail, so check that post out if you have a few minutes. Rachel and Christina also did a short and sweet video listing 10 things OT’s can help with…. (read more)
Many schools will be on spring break for the last week of March. If you’re staying in town, come to Camp Hello for an action-packed speech and occupational therapy camp! Camp Hello is a half-day morning camp featuring activities for everyone: stories, crafts, movement, fort-building, games and making friends. Campers will have individual speech and… (read more)
Really, all of us . . . but more on that in a minute. Last Thursday night we attended the Oregon Business 100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon awards dinner and learned that we, The Hello Foundation ranked 87th overall. We were also ranked as a mid-sized company and in that category, we ranked 34th out… (read more)
Einstein says, Many people think that the progress of the human race is based on experiences of an empirical, critical nature, but I say that true knowledge is to be had only through a philosophy of deduction. For it is intuition that improves the world, not just following the trodden path of thought. Intuition makes… (read more)