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Warren
Center Staff Visit the State House
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On May 5, 2003, we went to Augusta to
join other people and organizations committed to speech and hearing
in Maine.
The Maine Speech Language and Hearing Association gathered folks
together in the Hall of Flags in the Maine Capitol Building to
give out information and build awareness of the importance of
hearing and speech services.
Colleen Nilan, Amy Bragg, Cindy Phinney, Mary Poulin and Monique
Gibouleau spent the day talking to the men and women of the legistature
and the general public as they passed through the Hall of Flags.
As you can see, Amy even got to chat with the Governor!
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We're very proud here at the Warren Center
because we have four Warren Center staff members working for MSLHA.
They are:
Amy Bragg, VP External Affairs
Cindy Phinney, Secretary
Amanda Samoluk, Audiology
Colleen Nilan, Hospital/Clinic Practice
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Governor Baldacci is watching his inaugural speech - well - actually
he's watching the opening of his speech read by a speech-language
pathologist with a fiber-optic camera down her nose which took pictures
of the inside of her throat while she was speaking. The Governor
thought that it looked kind of like some alien being trying to talk
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The Maine Speech-Language and Hearing Association, MSLHA for
short (but pronounced m-sha, because even speech people know it's
too complicated the other way...), is an organization which gives
support to Maine speech-language pathologists and audiologists.
MSLHA helps to get
the word out about the importance of speech, hearing and good
communication by creating events like this one
at the state house in Augusta to raise awareness. They even gave
out CHATTERY TEETH to those who visited us - they were a big
hit with the members of many legislative committees, who were
apparently playing with them during the day's committee meetings.
To learn more about MSLHA you can visit
their website.
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