Next month, the Audiology department at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) will make its fourth trip to Antigua, Guatemala, to provide donated ReSound hearing aids to local residents with hearing loss. In Guatemala, 75% of the population is below the poverty line. The “Obras Sociales del Hermano Pedro,” where the mission will take […]
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By Amber Hilderman, University of Kansas Student The Audiology department at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) has participated in a medical mission trip for the past few years. Our mission trip consisted of working six days while the last day we were able to take advantage of the local activities and culture. The
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Last week, we announced the 2nd winner of the ReSound Moment Maker Grant, Michael Mallahan. His organization, Hearing the Children, has been helping children with hearing loss in Guatemala since 2003. Here is the heart-warming story of Alejandra, just one of the children that Michael and his team have been able to help. Alejandra was
We’re pleased to announce our 2nd Moment Maker Grant winner – Michael Mallahan from Hearing the Children. Since 2003, Michael’s organization has been taking audiology teams to Guatemala twice a year. They serve children in seven different towns and have trained three Guatemalan audio technicians to serve the children in follow up care throughout the
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We have written in the past about ReSound’s work with Auburn University to help hearing impaired impoverished children in Guatemala. We’re pleased to say that the program received a 2012 Competitive Outreach Scholarship Grant to fund Tele-health. Students and faculty in the Audiology Outreach Project were recently in Guatemala City providing support for the hearing
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ReSound has partnered with Auburn University to donate hearing aids to hearing impaired children in Guatemala City. The Audiology Outreach in Guatemala Program by Auburn University was created to serve impoverished children identified by the Municipality of Guatemala City as being at risk for becoming “children of the street”. The program was founded by Sandra
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