May Is Better Speech and Hearing Month

For over 75 years May has been selected as Better Hearing and Speech Month.  It is a time to increase public awareness, knowledge, and understanding of the various forms of communication impairments to include those of hearing, speech, language, and voice. Communication impairments affect the most defenseless in our communities, the young, the seniors, the physically challenged, and the financially challenged.

Helen Keller once noted that of all her impairments, she was perhaps troubled most by her lack of speech and hearing.  She explained that while blindness separated her from things, her lack of speech and hearing disconnected her from people the human connection of communication.  My wife Thomasine has for many years during the month of May taught her reading students about Louis Braille and his braille books which assisted in bridging the gap for Ms. Keller.  She shows them a traditional book and then shows them the same book in braille.

Our district Speech-Language Pathologist and Music teachers want encouraged me to share with you all to be aware of safe listening habits when using Personal Listening Devices (PLDs). In this age of MP3 players, iPods and earbuds, we need to keep safe listening in mind. Check out the website www.listentoyourbuds.org for more information! Listen to great music and audiobooks but do it safely!

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