Grad students give health tests at Special Olympics

Christine Davis Mantai


Hearing screeners at Special Olympics Fall 2006:

In back row, are, from left to right Shannon Donovan, Catie Folaron, Justin Carr, Chelsea Kaus, Kelly Roma (SUNY UB Doctoral Student), Dr. Kim Tillery, Marc Wilcox, and Courtney Woodmancy.

In front row, are, from left to right, Charlene Biscaro, Stephanie Light, Katie Stevens, Sarah Williams, and Mary Krstevski.
Graduate students in SUNY Fredonia's speech pathology program gave hearing tests to180 athletes at the Special Olympic Fall Games in Binghamton, N.Y., in October.

The screenings were part of the Healthy Athlete Program at the games. The 10 students from Fredonia accompanied faculty members Dr. Kim Tillery and Marc Wilcox on the trip.

They were joined by one clinical audiology doctoral student from SUNY Buffalo.  Other professionals representing dentistry, opthalmology, podiatry and dermatology also provided screenings.


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