The official blog of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association
As a CSD student, you already appreciate the importance of hearing protection. Many of your fellow students—not so much. In fact, they’re probably doing something to damage their hearing right now … maybe blasting music through their headphones, taking a spin class where the noise level rivals that of a chainsaw, or attending a concert or campus sporting event without a pair of trusty earplugs….
As an undergrad, I’ve been given two conflicting pieces of advice: Take care of yourself first. Serve others before yourself. Huh?! I usually hear one or the other when I’m on the brink of a meltdown or feeling a lot of stress. A few months ago, I asked myself if these two pieces of advice were mutually exclusive or not. I want to take care…
Thinking about submitting a proposal to present at this year’s ASHA Convention? Don’t let the thought of entering as a student feel daunting or out of reach—you got this! With the help of my research team, I wrote my first Convention proposal during my undergraduate junior year. There was a lot of information and I was a bit unsure on how to go about navigating…
NSSLHA Chapters—Are you tired of holding the “same old, same old” events every year? Take a peek at what our 2016-2017 Gold Chapter Honors awardees did last year to get some inspo! Think Out of the Box During the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Chapter’s annual Yogathon, they put headphones on a mannequin which read decibel outputs. Students were surprised to find that the music…