HSDC News – Hearing, Speech & Deaf Center

The past year has made one thing clear: communication is more important than ever. Like you, our days are filled with online meetings, or becoming teachers for our own children, or just figuring out how to manage basic needs like getting food and paying rent. Through it all, we have remained resilient by staying connected…

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Anti-Racism in HSDC Service Areas Systemic racism is endemic in our society, and HSDC’s services are not immune from this reality. As leaders in our fields, we must acknowledge that we cannot achieve HSDC’s mission of inclusive and accessible communities without becoming an anti-racist organization. Racism and a lack of diversity have been issues in…

Image linking to an article titled "Rosen Reflections: An Alchemy". Digital art of a dark grassy field, with a small child in the bottom right who wears a hoodie and skirt. The child holds an open book, out of which spirals a mystical line of smoke. Circling the smoke are various things, such as a globe, music notes, rocket, pen, the moon, a cube, and the formula E=mc^2.

“I was undergoing an alchemy, the fusion of two languages building a storm of inextricable synapses; I was learning two languages at the same time, learning how to think in either.”

Contents Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic ASL Resources for Mental Health Working From Home Like many people, we’ve been working from home during April. In lieu of a regular newsletter, we decided to share some resources related to mental health and working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope you find it helpful….

Contents My Deaflympics Experience COVID-19 and Xenophobia February: Black History Month — Galveston and Juneteenth March: Women’s History Month My Deaflympics Experience by Hannah Wheatcroft, Lead Teacher, Rosen Family Preschool Click the video above for an ASL translation of this article. I want to share a story about my

Braden Painter, MA

Deaf Interpreter, ASL & Interpreting Services Specialist

Sam Sanders

Assistant Teacher

Beth Van Hollebeke, AuD

Audiologist

Shanell Brooks

Accounts Receivable Analyst

Athina Maganzini, MS, CCC-SLP

Director of Speech, Speech-Language Pathologist

Hayden Lambert, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

Joel Bergsbaken

Program Coordinator, North Sound

Ariele Belo

Director of Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services

James “Dino” Christianson

Client Advocate, North Sound

Jena Floyd

Client Advocate, Puget Sound

Thu-Ha Le

Client Advocate, South Sound

Tash Hansen-Day

Client Advocate, South Sound

Devin Myers

Client Advocate, Puget Sound

Trish Ball, AuD, CCC-A

Audiologist

Savannah Hagwood, MA

Parent-Infant Specialist

Gina Gallaway, NAD-IV

Director of Interpreting Services

Cassie Owens, MEd

Parent-Infant Specialist

Anna Dodd, MEd

Director of PIP, Parent-Infant Specialist

Karen Philo-House, MEd

Parent-Infant Specialist

Nate Elliott

Lead Teacher, Rosen Preschool

Trista Smith

Interpreting Services Coordinator

Pamela Grossman, MA

Director of Rosen Preschool

Lindsay Klarman, MNPL, NIC-A

Executive Director

Jason Eastman

Grants & Communications Manager

Bryan Bullock

Facilities Manager

Buddy Elledge

Graphic Designer & Social Media Connector

Don Lawrence

Accountant

Andrea Klarman

Executive Assistant

Carol Brown, MS

Director of Development

Takeshi Matsumoto

General Assistant

Annie Utley, MEd

Lead Teacher

Diendra Thompson

Classroom Assistant

Brad Ingrao, AuD

Director of Audiology, Audiologist

Bradley Veres

Classroom Assistant

Marcelle Wellington

Director of Finance & Administration

Bunny Grewal

Clinic Administrative Assistant