Proclamation Brings Attention To Better Hearing And Speech

Kristi Foster-Hearing Instrument Specialist (left) and Oskaloosa Mayor Dave Krutzfeldt (right) as he signs the proclamation on Monday.

Oskaloosa Mayor Dave Krutzfeldt signed a proclamation Monday afternoon recognizing May as ‘Better Hearing and Speech Month’. The proclamation reads as follows:

Oskaloosa Iowa’s Proclamation To Better Hearing and Speech May 2013

Whereas, Effective communication skills are central to a successful and fulfilling life, and overcoming communication disorders can be a challenge that can affect many aspects of a person’s life.

Whereas, the first step toward obtaining help is know that it is available; and

Whereas, the leading national and regional organizations concerned with hearing, speech, and language problems have joined together in a common desire to promote public awareness through an intensive annual effort; and

Whereas, Mahaska Hearing Air Center is a part of the many organizations whose concern is to meet the needs of the hearing impaired; and help to enable and empower these individuals

Whereas, such an effort will help to encourage and stimulate early detection of commutative disorders, proper prevention, and treatment, and greater public understanding of hearing, speech and language impairments;

Now therefore, I, Dave Krutzfeldt, the Mayor of Oskaloosa, Iowa do hereby proclaim the month of May as ‘Better Hearing and Speech Month’. I urge all citizens of Oskaloosa, Iowa to learn more about hearing, speech, and language disorders and to join in the effort to create a more enlightened public attitude and response to this, one of our nation’s most widespread maladies.