FSU audiology students provide hearing care to hundreds during Guatemala service trip

“Florida State University students from the College of Communication and Information helped restore hearing for hundreds of patients during a service-learning trip to Guatemala last semester. Selena Snowden, teaching faculty III and director of Audiology Services in the School of Communication Science and Disorders , led a group to Sololá, Guatemala, where students performed more than 100 ear cleanings, fitted 276 hearing devices and saw more than 200 patients for appointments during four days of clinics. Selena Snowden, teaching faculty III and director of Audiology Services in the School of Communication Science and Disorders, conducts a hearing test on a Guatemalan child with his mother. (FSU College of Communication and Information) Known as the “Help Guatemala Hear” service trip, Snowden has led groups of students and professionals on similar service trips since 2015, pausing only during the pandemic. The program aims to provide the “gift of sound” to children, adults and indigenous people in the region. “I love to witness how the students grow each year clinically, personally, and in humility over the course of experience,” Snowden said. A record number of students participated in the trip: 14 undergraduate students and three graduate students from FSU, along with one undergraduate student studying communication sciences and disorders at Valdosta State University. The post FSU audiology students provide hearing care to hundreds during Guatemala service trip appeared first on Florida State University News .

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