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Engineers Build Make-Shift Bridges in Bolivia

By Jordan Dailey/Associate Campus Editor | September 10

Year after year, locals die trying to cross a Bolivian river in a makeshift gondola.Greg Ryland, a professional engineer, came to the first meeting of the Auburn chapter of Engineers Without Borders to tell the story of building a bridge across that river. Ryland graduated from Auburn with an undergraduate degree in math and physics, as well as a degree in engineering."The location is five hours, at best, from the nearest village," Ryland said.

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Audiology Doctoral Students Take Hearing Aids to Guatemala

By Jordan Dailey/Associate Campus Editor | September 3

In August, six audiology doctoral students were sent to Guatemala to fit children with hearing aids.They went in conjunction with Sandra Clark-Lewis, clinical professor of audiology in the Department of Communication Disorders, who was awarded $14,749 from Auburn University for her previous efforts with children needing hearing aids.Her project, which won the award, was called "Auburn Audiology Outreach in Guatemala" and provided auditory screening to 500 children at three inner-city schools in Guatemala.The College of Liberal Arts provided an additional $3,800 to fund the August trip.Martha Miller, Department of Communication Disorders alumna, accompanied the group to Guatemala, bringing with her 40 digital hearing aids."This is phenomenal, humbling experience," Miller said.On the first day of the group's project, they tested 92 children for hearing loss and equipped three with hearing aids.Testing in Guatemala takes adaptation."The school had put up two portable sound buffering walls which helped with the noise," Miler said.During the third day of audiology testing, the struggles of working in Guatemala became evident to Miller."This is truly audiology, commando style," Miller said.

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