May is Better Hearing and Speech Month

April 23, 2019 Communication is key at all ages: Learn more during Better Hearing and Speech Month At least 20 percent of U.S. adults, at some point in their lives, experience significant difficulty in hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, or language—the research areas of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). These challenges can compromise physical and emotional health and affect the social, educational, vocational, and recreational aspects of life. To raise awareness about disorders related to hearing, voice, speech, or language, the NIDCD joins the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and other organizations in observing Better Hearing and Speech Month each May. This year's Better Hearing and Speech Month theme is "Communication Across the Lifespan." Read more » Health Information Hearing, ear infections, etc. Balance Taste and smell Voice, speech, and language Popular Topics Do you need a hearing test? Ear infections Tinnitus Stuttering NIDCD now offers an easy way for you to get trusted, up-to-date content for your website. Learn more about content syndication >> The NIDCD, part of the National Institutes of Health, supports and conducts research and research training on the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, and language and provides health information, based upon scientific discovery, to the public. For more information about NIDCD programs, see our website at www.nidcd.nih.gov. NIH...Turning Discovery Into Health® U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)  National Institutes of Health (NIH)

 

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