Here it is! It’s our second episode of On Air with Avita! This episode is special because it is Better Speech and Hearing Month so we sat down with Audiologist, Heather Vaught, Au.D, and Speech Language Pathologist (Speech Therapist), Maddie Ellis. We learned a lot on infant language development, hearing aids, hearing loss, speech and swallowing disorders, and more!

EPISODE SEGMENTS:
00:40 – Better Speech and Hearing Month
2:50 – Early intervention for hearing loss
4:55 – Working with infants and language development
7:50 – Hearing aids
11:38 – Behind the ear vs in-ear hearing aids
13:23 – The difference between hearing aids and personal sound amplifiers
16:34 – The relationship between hearing and speech
18:04 – Signs and symptoms of stroke and speech
20:30 – Scope of practice for speech language pathologists
22:33 – Types of swallowing evaluations
27:15 – Hearing loss prevention
32:20 – Signs and symptoms of hearing, speech, or swallowing disorders
37:18 – How to become a Speech Language Pathologist

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