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10th Anniversary Break the Sound Barrier Ski Race – March 4, 2012

hear ME now! offers a free professional development opportunity for Speech Pathologists state-wide. This ASHA-approved seminar is offered in collaboration with Northeast Hearing & Speech and the Department of Education. Participants will explore key components of Listening and Spoken Language therapy, including application of basic speech acoustics, auditory brain development, and strategies for building language and literacy.

Mercy Hospital Doctors First In Maine to Perform Surgery That Restores the Miracle Of Hearing
Portland, Maine (November 15,  2011) – Unlike a hearing aid, cochlear implants don’t amplify sound—they restore it.  Until just a few months ago, Mainers had to go out of state for this high tech procedure.  Not anymore. Cochlear Implant surgery, which delivers sound straight to the auditory nerve, is now being performed right here at home–for the first time–by doctors at Mercy Hospital. <<more>>

Joyful sound: Lebanon woman hears for first time in years
LEBANON, Maine— Walking out of a Portland, Maine, audiologist office Friday afternoon and talking with her son, Craig Sinclair, Nancy Sinclair-Estes was amazed at what she heard. <<more>>

Click here to see a new ongoing collaboration between the Portland Symphony Orchestra and hear ME now!  Kinderkoncert March 19, 2008”