The official blog of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association
Although my mom wasn’t diagnosed with hearing loss until her early thirties, she’d always experienced some hearing difficulties. After recovering from ear surgery at a young age and multiple ear infections throughout her childhood, she was no stranger to ENTs. However, getting an ear infection as an adult—an infection that ultimately led to her hearing loss diagnosis—wasn’t something she expected. As a future audiologist, it’s…
One of the biggest questions we get as children is, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I always had an answer for the adults who asked me, but I never truly knew. I used to say “veterinarian,” but it never stuck. When I went to high school, I found I had a passion for TV production. I decided I wanted to…
Each year, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation) awards research grants, scholarships, and clinical achievement awards to support the communication sciences and disorders discipline. These awards include several graduate student scholarships, including the NSSLHA Graduate Scholarship, supported by the ASHFoundation’s NSSLHA Scholarship Fund. While the number of scholarships awarded each year may change based on funding, this year, the NSSLHA Scholarship Fund was able to support…
As a child, I was fortunate enough to receive life-changing counseling services. Now, as an adult, I realize just how much getting involved in therapy strongly enhanced my future. It’s helped me evolve into a stronger version of myself and provided me with the tools I need to help handle life’s challenges. My professional goals have always been wanting to help children achieve their own…