Who knew speech and hearing could be this much fun?! Let us share our love for the field, the science, and the people that we work with each day with our weekly dose of Sound Advice.
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In this piece from the New York Times, Rachel Kolb, a 27 year old with profound hearing loss, shares her experience of hearing music for the first time. However, music, as she explains, "is not just about sound. Music is also about the body. About what happens when what we call sound escapes its vacuum and creates ripples in the world." Watch this excellence piece and challenge your notions about what it is like to be Deaf in a world of sound!
Sound Speech and Hearing Clinic is a private speech therapy and audiology clinic located in the Potrero Neighborhood of San Francisco. Our speech team specializes in adult and pediatric services including articulation, dysarthria, childhood apraxia of speech, central auditory processing disorder, autism spectrum disorder, speech development, phonological development, accent modification, expressive language, receptive language, traumatic brain injury (TBI), stroke, language processing, listening skills for patients with cochlear implants/hearing loss, social pragmatics services, stuttering, voice disorders, communication coaching for anxiety related disorders, auditory rehabilitation, transgender voice, literacy. Our audiology team specializes in adult and pediatric services including comprehensive audiological evaluations (otoscopy, pure tone audiometry, speech audiometry, tympanometry, acoustic reflexes, otoacoustic emissions, conditioned play audiometry, visual reinforcement audiometry) for sensorineural, conductive and mixed hearing loss, atresia/microtia, auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder/dys-synchrony and central auditory processing disorders. Audioloical treatment includes hearing aids (Oticon, Phonak, Starkey), hearing technology, connectivity, assistive listening devices, FM systems, hearing protection, musician earplugs, early intervention, educational and workplace advocacy. Sound is committed to empowering patients to reach their best communication potential through customized care.
