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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A medical expert teaches children about hearing using a teddy bear wearing headphones.

Hearing Buddy

Army 1st Lt. Carly Halley, a Walter Reed National Military Medical Center audiologist, teaches children about hearing during the Teddy Bear Clinic at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Spring, Md., Sept. 23, 2023.

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