May is Better Hearing and Speech Month

When: Month of May
Where: Nationwide
Institute: NIDCD

Every May, the nation's attention is focused on hearing loss and the importance of screening during Better Hearing and Speech Month. Organizations around the country team up to get the word out to the public about hearing loss and to offer free or reduced price hearing tests and assistance in obtaining hearing aids. NIDCD, for example, has provided health education materials to the University of Wyoming for a "May is Better Hearing and Speech Month" campus event. An activity book for elementary school-aged children can also be downloaded and printed from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) web site at www.asha.org. Other events and activities include a product fair organized by ASHA in coalition with other organizations, which will be held on Capitol Hill to raise awareness among members of Congress and their staff about speech, language, and hearing loss.

Next steps:
For additional information, ASHA at 1-800-638-8255 or visit association's web site at www.asha.org. A tip sheet on Better Hearing and Speech month is available at http://www.asha.org/press/BHSM_tip_sheet.cfm.

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