For over 75 years, May has been designated as Better Hearing and Speech Month — a time to raise public awareness, knowledge, and understanding of the various forms of communication impairments to include those of hearing, speech, language, and voice. Communication impairments often affect the most vulnerable in our society — the young, the aged, and the disabled.
Helen Keller once noted that of all her impairments, she was perhaps troubled most by her lack of speech and hearing. She elaborated that while blindness separated her from things, her lack of speech and hearing separated her from people — the human connection of communication.
For a fun way to share some common speech disorders – click here for a video with our favorite Looney Tunes characters!
https://youtu.be/UASW6zSuXaE?list=PL6GgE3NLyHD6WlIsVXhi-rThjkF25f8E0
For more information on Better Hearing and Speech Month: http://www.asha.org/bhsm/