Listening therapy program offered at GSH
State Senator Owen H. Johnson (4th Senate District, Babylon), chairman of the Finance Committee, was on hand when the Stephanie Joyce Kahn Foundation presented two listening carts to Good Samaritan Hospital that are equipped with audio tapes and cassette players for use by patients. The Senator was recognized at the event for his role in making the nationally acclaimed Listening Therapy Program a reality for Good Samaritan Hospital patients through a state grant he secured. The hospital is now one of only two hospitals in Suffolk County to offer the program.
In 1972, Stephanie Joyce Kahn was nearly killed in an automobile accident. A series of operations saved her life but her sight was gone forever. Kahn was introduced to Talking Books for the Blind, which proved to be a major source of diversion from her pain. Kahn learned that other patients, who were sighted, did not have the same privilege even though they were suffering from stress anxiety, depression and isolation. This discovery led her to found the Listening Therapy Program.
Pictured, left to right, are Associate Director of Pediatrics, Catherine Caronia, M.D.; Program Founder Stephanie Joyce Kahn; Joy Levy, who was named the 2004 Angel of the Year by the Foundation; Senator Johnson; Central Council President for the Guild of Volunteers of Good Samaritan Hospital Marilyn Roberts and Vice President of Administration Charles Bove.
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