Megan’s Story
Megan is a teacher with hearing loss. Thanks to a visit to the CSH Audiology department, a hearing loss diagnosis, and a fitting with new hearing aids, she “couldn’t wait for school to start.” When she reflects on how her new hearing aids have already changed her life, she remembers a not-so-distant past when, “I…
Meet Zion
Zion’s language skills were minimal. At age two, his speech was still babble with just a few audible words mixed in. His parents were concerned that his ability to communicate was not up to par with those of his peers, and his social skills were also lacking. Later that year, Zion was diagnosed with Autism…
Paying it Forward
Now a happy, healthy young woman, a new homeowner, a wife, and a new mother, you may never believe that Jamie once had many struggles. With a father in the Air Force, Jamie’s beginning was anything but ordinary. She was born while they were stationed in Turkey. In the first two weeks of her life,…
Ella Empowered
Like most children entering school in the fall, Ella was feeling anxious and her behavior was typical of a child feeling those stressors. But was it more than the she was so fretful that she often becamephysically ill on the way to school and remarked that the lunchroom and music class were “too loud.” If…
Exploding With Words
When Braylen was 3-years-old, he could barely communicate. At an age when most children are talking about anything and everything, he wasn’t saying very much. ln fact, he could say a few words consistently, like “ball,” and a few scripted phrases, like “I don’t wanna.” His mother turned to Columbus Speech & Hearing for help….
From Watching to Participating
Noah was born a healthy baby, with no complications. He passed all the newborn tests given, including the hearing screening. However, by 18 months, his parents began to notice that he wasn’t speaking as well as other children his age. By the time of his 3 year appointment, he still could not articulate his wants…
A Good Resource
Kelsey Andrews has had the pleasure of forming new connections at Columbus Speech & Hearing, as we celebrate our 100th anniversary. Having undergone years of speech therapy since childhood, both at this center and at other practices, Kelsey recently took a significant step by adopting hearing aids for the first time. Their choice to entrust…
Pushing Through the Process
When Caroline Mannion is speaking in front of a large group, it seems hard to imagine this articulate graduate student as a small girl without words. Caroline has completed years of therapy to manage apraxia of speech, a motor speech disorder. Speech pathologists at Columbus Speech & Hearing helped Caroline from age 3 through fourth…
I Can Hear Birds Again!
Susan Babcock cried the first time she could hear the birds chirping again after receiving hearing aids at Columbus Speech & Hearing. An avid bird-watcher, she had been dealing with hearing loss for so long that she didn’t notice that she had stopped hearing them. “When I heard birds singing, I realized I had forgotten…
Because of Columbus Speech & Hearing…
I say thank you to Columbus Speech and Hearing Center for their services that have provided me a quality of life I never thought possible. I’ve been a client of Columbus Speech & Hearing Center for many years… before they moved to their current location. They worked diligently to find the best hearing aid for me. They…