{"id":111,"date":"2019-06-09T06:12:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T06:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chsstl.fm1.dev\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T17:06:18","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T23:06:18","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chsstl.org\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"about-welcome contain\">The Center has helped more than one million people<br> communicate and connect with the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/chsstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/exterior-view-of-the-center-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1401 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chsstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/exterior-view-of-the-center-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chsstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/exterior-view-of-the-center-1-768x551.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"half-line wp-block-heading\">1920 Laying the Foundation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 1920 as the League for the Hard of Hearing, the Center originally focused on the social and financial needs of people with hearing loss. By the 1930s, the Center&nbsp;had developed into a full service audiology clinic offering community education and screenings, evaluations and treatment options for those with hearing problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to see more about the Center\u2019s history? <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mohistory.org\/collections?text=hearing&amp;images=0\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to see images from the Center\u2019s collection at the Missouri History Museum.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group blue-box contain\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"half-line wp-block-heading\">1965 Adding the Building Blocks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Speech-language services were added in 1965 and in 1969, the School Screening Program to provide hearing and vision tests for area students was developed. The Center established the Hearing Conservation Program in 1972 to protect workers from\u00a0hearing loss in high-noise work environments.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"half-line wp-block-heading\">Continuing to Serve<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now 100+ years later, the Center is working to create a world where there is access&nbsp;to communication services for all. The Center for Hearing &amp; Speech provides professional, friendly, and affordable services to more than 40,000 individuals annually.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/chsstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tyler-photo-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1137 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chsstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tyler-photo-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/chsstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tyler-photo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chsstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tyler-photo-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chsstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tyler-photo-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center has helped more than one million people communicate and connect with the community. 1920 Laying the Foundation Founded in 1920 as the League for the Hard of Hearing, the Center originally focused on the social and financial needs of people with hearing loss. 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