Speech Sound Development
By: Julie Aills, M.A. CCC-SLP As children develop, so does their speech! It takes time for all speech sounds to be produced correctly, so it’s normal for some sounds to not be produced correctly in young children. But when should we expect sounds to develop? Let’s take a look at articulation and phonological error patterns…
Save The Date for the 8th Annual Halloween Hop!
Save the Date! Columbus Speech & Hearing’s Halloween Hop is back this fall. Join us on October 28th as we invite the community for a free, sensory-friendly Halloween experience. If you are interested in sponsoring or becoming involved with this fun, unique event, contact Laura Owens, Special Events Coordinator lowens@columbusspeech.org.
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David Cornich Joins CSH Board
We are excited to announce that David Cornich has joined the Board of Directors at Columbus Speech & Hearing. David is the Assistant Vice President of Finance at Crawford Hoying, an industry-leading, full-service real estate development and management company. With 13 years of experience in commercial real estate, his expertise will be a valuable…
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…
3 Summer Activities You Can Use to Target Speech and Language!
By: Abigail Phillips M.A., CF-SLP Bubbles! Use bubbles to model single words such as, “bubble,” “pop,” “go,” “blow,” “more,” “stomp,” “big,” “little.” For children working on expanding their utterances, model adding one word to each word they say. For example: “more bubbles,” “pop it”, “ready set go,” “blow fast,” “big stomp.” Chalk! Grab chalk and…
Waited so Long to Hear Better
Caroline Putnam says her experience with Columbus Speech and Hearing Center is “the best experience I’ve ever had with hearing aids.” Born with hearing loss, Caroline started working with the audiology team here in 2023 after transitioning from her pediatric audiologist. She has been using hearing aids since childhood and trusted that she would have…
Above & Beyond
My name is Casey, and I am currently a Master Sergeant in the Army with 21 years of service. In 2007 my crew of 4 was struck by a car bomb while on patrol in the mountains of Afghanistan. I was evaluated over the next few weeks and deemed unsafe to go back out on…
History of the Hearing Aid
Hearing aids have been around since the 17th century. In 1634, the first hearing aid was the “ear trumpet,” a device used to funnel sounds into the year. These were large devices made from wood, animal horns, snail shells, and sometimes metal. The first portable hearing aid was made in 1898. It was a mobile…