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To Drive Or Not To Drive

With the end of the tax year approaching December is Car Donation Month. There are some great reasons to donate your old car:  get a tax donation (SAVE MONEY!);  get that old car towed for free  (SAVE MONEY!);  no more insurance, registration, or maintenance costs (SAVE MONEY!);  no annoying paperwork to deal with, charities will […]

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Speech Therapy for Seniors

Speech therapy for seniors is dedicated to assessing and treating communication, language, and speech problems. It helps develop voice, fluency, clarity, comprehension, and sound production skills. While most people associate speech therapy with kids, it can also help with speech impairment in older people caused by stroke, injuries, dementia, and other conditions. Age can cause

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Better Communication at Home

In the United States, approximately 15% of adults over age 18 report some trouble hearing. That denotes about 37.5 million adults, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Service. Being hard of hearing or deaf can be caused by environmental factors or genetic factors. Sometimes deafness is present at birth. For others, it

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Hearing & Speech in the Age of COVID-19

Every May, The American Speach-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) works to raise awareness about communication disorders and barriers, as well as highlight life-altering treatment options. We realize that new communication barriers have arisen over the past few months that need addressing. We asked Be Active Be Well’s own Lisa Levine Sporer MS CCC-SLP to give us some

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Be Well With Better Hearing & Speech

According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, age-related hearing loss or presbycusis is a gradual decrease in hearing that occurs with age and can start as early as a person’s thirties or forties. High frequency sounds which include speech sounds are the first to suffer. Because it occurs gradually, though, many adults don’t immediately

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