"Student learns to fly despite deafness"

The Purdue Exponent

Korel Cudmore, a member of the College of the Holy Cross class of 2012, is spending her summer learning to fly airplanes through Able Flight, a program hosted at Purdue University that helps disabled students earn their sport pilot certification.

A math major with a prehealth concentation, Cudmore is deaf.  “Since I was 2 years old I’ve had gradual hearing loss,” Cudmore told the Purdue newspaper.  She doesn't wear a headset while flying, but has learned to communicate through hand signals and written messages.

 



This "Holy Cross in the News" item by Kristine Maloney.