Spring Language Scavenger Hunt
By: Julie Aills, M.A., CCC-SLP April Showers Bring May Flower! This is the perfect time of year to turn your trip to the park or walk around the neighborhood into a spring scavenger hunt. Regardless of the season or the weather, heading outside is always a great speech-language activity! We’ve made two spring scavenger hunt checklists….
World Hearing Day
Every year on March 3, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes World Hearing Day. This year’s theme is “Ear and hearing care for all!” Ear and hearing problems are among the most common problems encountered in the community. Approximately 48 million people in the United States have some degree of hearing loss. Some were born…
16th Annual Great Communicators Golf Classic
Join Columbus Speech & Hearing for our 16th Annual Great Communicators Golf Classic at The Club at Tartan Fields in Dublin, Ohio. We invite you to hit the course with us on Monday, May 15th! Invite a friend (or three) for a day of golfing and giving, along with some great food, drinks and networking….
CSH Collaborates with OhioHealth
At Columbus Speech & Hearing (CSH), our mission is to provide access to communication through every stage of life. Thanks to a generous $5,000 grant from The Columbus Foundation, Columbus Speech & Hearing has teamed up with OhioHealth to support hearing and communication at the end of life. This program will bring those with hearing…
Columbus Speech & Hearing Receives Grant From the Barbasol Foundation
Columbus Speech & Hearing is thrilled to announce we have received a $7,500 grant from the Barbasol Foundation for our Early Identification and Intervention Program. Through their generous donation, CSH can reach in to disadvantaged neighborhoods throughout central Ohio to serve more preschool-aged children through our Early Identification and Intervention program. This program identifies children…
Bob Anderson joins CSH Board
Columbus Speech & Hearing (CSH) is excited to welcome Bob Anderson to our Board of Directors. Bob is a senior relationship manager in Commercial Banking at U.S. Bank. He has over 18 years of experience providing corporate and commercial financial solutions to a variety of industries in the Central Ohio area. Bob has extensive knowledge in…
Newborn Hearing Screenings at Columbus Speech & Hearing
The Columbus Speech & Hearing Audiology department is pleased to announce the purchase of new Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) equipment. ABR equipment provides diagnostic testing, which allows our audiology team to measure the hearing sensitivity of children from newborns and older. This purchase was made possible with funding from a grant from Ohio’s Medicaid managed…
Kayla’s Story
Meet Kayla Kayla had numerous ear infections as a child, but it wasn’t until she displayed difficulties in school that led her parents to have her hearing tested. At seven years old, Kayla was diagnosed with sensorineural hearing loss caused by damage to the inner ear and needed to wear hearing aids. However, the stigma…
Staff Spotlight: Cara Walton
October’s staff spotlight is speech-language pathologist Cara Walton. Cara received her Bachelor of Science from Bowling Green and her Master’s degree from The Ohio State University. Drawn to the medical field, she chose Speech-Language Pathology because of the close relationships they form with people and the lack of blood. 🙂 Cara specializes in Augmentative and…
Columbus Speech & Hearing Receives Nearly One Million Dollar Grant to Support Speech, Hearing Early Identification and Intervention
Funding will help reach and provide services to Columbus communities that are medically underserved COLUMBUS, OH – Columbus Speech & Hearing (CSH), Columbus’ premier speech and hearing nonprofit, today announced that it has received a $975,000 grant from Ohio’s Medicaid managed care plans: Anthem, Buckeye, CareSource, Molina and UnitedHealthcare. These funds will go toward expanding…