
Humanitarian Audiology Trip Story Highlight. Brazil, March 2023
Today I’m sharing Maria’s story. At 76 years old, she still works, as does her husband, who is 84 years old. She tends a farm and he cuts open coconuts on a roadside farm stand. Maria was also diagnosed with cancer and travels several hours to the city to receive treatment. She tells me how she is now anticipating hearing her husband speak to her,















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