Dr.SelenaSnowdenLeads SCSDStudentsonthe7th HelpGuatemalaHear ServiceTrip

From February 25 – March 4, Dr. Selena Snowden led an audiology team on the 7th Help Guatemala Hear Service Trip. The annual trip brought the team, which included 15 students from SCSD to Sololá, Guatemala, where they administered 240 hearing tests and fitted 170 hearing aids. “After learning and training with Dr. Snowden for the past couple months, I was able to enhance my audiological skills that we used in Panajachel, serving over 200 people across four days. It was so incredible meeting all the people and getting a glimpse into their culture,” said graduate student Korrin Sheahan.

Snowden thanked many people for supporting the trip, including Dr. Monica Walker (a fellow audiologist who accompanied the team to Sololá), Porch de Salomon (an outreach organization which coordinates the trip each year with Sololá’s local government), SCSD alumna Kaki Pope (who provides equipment for the team each year), the SCSD faculty and staff, who donate each year to support the initiative, and Florida State University, which allows the trip to continue year after year.