Sound Start PDX

19/07/2025

See you soon!! ✈️☀️⛵️

Summer fun is here! Join us tomorrow, July 19 from 3–5 PM, for our next ASL Playgroup at SoundSTART in Beaverton.

Whether you’re new to ASL or looking to strengthen your family’s skills, this is a great space to connect, play, and grow together.

Hosted by Bridges Oregon & SoundSTART

📍9955 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy #100
Form (optional): https://forms.gle/2hNuu6o1jf16m63Q6

20/06/2025

We look forward to seeing everyone!!

Our June ASL Playgroup is tomorrow—June 21 from 3–5 PM! 🎉
Bring your kids (ages 0–5) and join other Deaf families for an afternoon of connection, learning, and fun.

Location: SoundSTART, Beaverton

Hosted by Bridges Oregon + SoundSTART

Help us plan: https://forms.gle/2hNuu6o1jf16m63Q6

23/05/2025

Hooray for progress! We finally got our playground put together and it looks amazing! We can't wait to see this being enjoyed by children.

Thank you to all of our generous friends and family who donated to our playground fundraiser.

21/05/2025

We are just under two weeks away from opening our childcare center! We are so excited and working hard everyday to finalize all of the details so we are ready to welcome children and families!

Openings and enrollment are still available! We welcome you to give us a call to schedule a tour or ask questions. You can submit an inquiry through the link on our website. You can learn more about our program and goals through our Parent Guide.

The classrooms, program and all of the big and tiny details have been fostered with a focus on children who are Deaf/hard of Hearing, ages 0-5 years. We paid close attention to maximizing and designing our center around their needs in order to support early learning, development and exploration through play and discovery.

We can't wait to share our space with children and families! Please reach out to learn more!

07/05/2025

We are thrilled to announce our childcare center is officially opening on Monday, June 2, 2025! soundSTART has been working for years to open a childcare program dedicated to children who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing, ages 0-5 years. Our program is designed specifically to support early learning, development and exploration through play and discovery. We are proud to feature brand new classrooms, on-site audiologist and staff with years of childcare experience. Visit our website to learn more, book a tour, and add your child to our waitlist!

22/04/2025

We are pleased to be able to offer a monthly opportunity for parents of young children to practice and play in American Sign Language!

Big thanks to our parent leader for getting this started, and Bridges Oregon for collaborating.

Register here to help us plan: https://forms.gle/2hNuu6o1jf16m63Q6

Join our Parent-Led ASL Playgroups for Deaf/Hard of Hearing youth ages 0–5 and their families!

Hosted by Bridges Oregon and SoundSTART, these playgroups are a great way to:
• Practice ASL in a fun and interactive setting
• Support language development for kids and parents
• Connect with other Deaf families
• Strengthen ties with the Deaf community

Mark your calendars:
3rd Saturdays, 3–5 PM
• May 17
• June 21
• July 19

All at SoundSTART: 9955 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy #100, Beaverton, OR

Let’s grow, learn, and play together! No registration needed—but it helps us plan: https://forms.gle/2hNuu6o1jf16m63Q6

17/03/2025

New custom postcards for appointment reminders and sending a quick note! 📬💌 // Art credit: Scott David

14/02/2025

We hope you have a wonderful Valentine’s Day! We have so much love for all of the families who walk through our doors and welcome us into their lives. From all of us to you, please spend today giving and getting as much love as you can!

27/01/2025

We created these 54 icons to represent the staff at soundSTART, our favorite things, and the work we do as a pediatric audiology clinic in the PNW. This also includes "A" thru "F" in sign language, the many plants we keep in the office, and the cans of Dr. Pepper that keep our audiologist Dr. Shelby going. Which one is your favorite?

21/01/2025

We wrapped a huge project right at the end of 2024. As many of you know, we've leased the space next door to our Beaverton office for years. It has been sitting as what it once was - a dusty salon space. We worked with the incredible team at Cedar and Stone Construction to renovate the unit into something more beautiful and modern.

The final details just finished right around the holidays in 2024. Be sure to peek in the windows and take a look around! We think it looks amazing! We are slowly figuring out what the function of the new space will be and can't wait to buy new furniture and materials.

We work really hard as a small team of 7 (soon to be 8!) to operate soundSTART and serve our patients. We are ready to grow and looking forward to finding more rock stars to join our team to allow us to offer more services and events. We are so proud to finally have more space to grow and have it looking spectacular!

We will continue renovations to our space to prepare for more people to join our team and fulfill our long term goal of opening a childcare option dedicated to children with hearing loss. Someday! Soon! Stay tuned!

20/01/2025

This year we had big goals and high expectations. We entered our fifth year of operation and had a lot of current and new patients entering our office each week. We knew we would need to source funding to help us achieve our goals and continue to deliver the high standard of care that led us to opening our private clinic in the first place. As a non-profit, we were so fortunate to be able to secure $32,900 in donations. These donations came in waves through friends and family, online, local employers and generous foundations.

We are so grateful to the folks who highlighted our organization on their birthday on social media to encourage their friends and family to donate to us directly. Also to those who had their workplaces feature our organization for employer matched donations. The posts you've seen this past week celebrating our milestones for 2024 would not happen without the generosity of our community.

We could not do this work without you! Your children and families are the reason we spend so much time seeking out grant opportunities and submitting applications for funding to allow us to continue to do this work we love. Thank you so much!

17/01/2025

This year the soundSTART team welcomed two incredible graduate students to train in our dedicated pediatric clinic. Both students were able to receive specialized training from our staff that will help prepare them to better serve children with hearing loss in their positions in the future. We were so grateful to have them support our clinic and patients. Hosting students is a commitment we make to mentorship and learning. Thank you Marissa and Nawal for all of your hard work!!