{"id":191,"date":"2023-03-31T00:59:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T23:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staag.org.gh\/?page_id=191"},"modified":"2023-07-20T11:15:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T10:15:00","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staag.org.gh\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"191\" class=\"elementor elementor-191\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3848d12c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3848d12c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb218f2\" data-id=\"eb218f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b78c55b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b78c55b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.0 - 29-03-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About us<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7dd079fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7dd079fb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e34fe94\" data-id=\"3e34fe94\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-52a7ffbb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"52a7ffbb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-532c74b8\" data-id=\"532c74b8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6af5131f elementor-widget elementor-widget-sina_title\" data-id=\"6af5131f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"sina_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sina-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"sina-title-subtitle\">The Speech Therapists and Audiologists Association of Ghana<\/h3>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .sina-title -->\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-10b5b234\" data-id=\"10b5b234\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b96e254 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b96e254\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.0 - 29-03-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Speech Therapists and Audiologists Association of Ghana (STAAG) is a legally registered professional association comprised of Speech and Language Therapists, and Audiologists plying their profession mainly in Ghana. This association is duly registered with the Registrar Generals Department and the only registered association for Speech and Language Therapists, and Audiologists with the Allied Health Professions Council of the Republic of Ghana.<\/p><p>Founded in 2015, the STAAG has served as a resource for professionals and consumers in Ghana. As Audiologists, we are professionals who use all of the tools at our disposal to identify, diagnose and rehabilitate hearing, balance, tinnitus and other auditory disorders in individuals across the lifespan. As Speech and Language Therapists, we are professionals who equally use all of the tools at our disposal to identify and carry out therapies on individuals with voice disorders, language delay\/disorders, speech sound delay\/disorders, communication delay\/disorders, stammering and communication rehabilitation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a8056fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a8056fe\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b7d6ec9\" data-id=\"1b7d6ec9\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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