Cara Donovan, Au.D. graduated from the University of Akron as part of the Northeast Ohio Audiology Consortium (NOAC) with her Doctorate of Audiology (Au.D.) in May 2020 after completing her externship with the Cleveland Clinic. Additionally, she obtained internship opportunities at Akron Children’s Hospital and the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. She came to Sounds of Life Hearing Center on very high recommendation and has proven to be a wonderful fit for our patients both with her talents and her spirit.

Dr. Donovan is a native of Indianapolis, Indiana. She graduated from North Central High School and continued her undergraduate education at Butler University (GO DAWGS!) where she majored in Communication Sciences and Disorders with a concentration in mild intervention for those with special needs. Dr. Donovan has a strong passion to serve and support others! One of Dr. Donovan’s passions include providing hearing health care to communities in need across the globe. In March of 2023, she traveled with a team of audiologists to South Africa to provide hearing healthcare to a costal South African city called Kynsa. Then again in 2024 she traveled to Nuevo Progresso, Guatemala. She is excited to take more humanitarian trips in the future to continue serving well- deserved populations all over the world. In addition, Dr. Donovan has a loving and supportive family in Cleveland and in Indianapolis. On the weekends, she loves spending times with family and friends, going to the movies, reading, and spending time with her dog Goose and cat Walter.