Sounds of Life Hearing Center, LLC

Sarah Curtis, Au.D. is a Doctor of Audiology and Owner of Sounds of Life Hearing Center. A northeast Ohio native ("Year 2000" graduate of Mentor High School), Dr. Curtis obtained her B.A. in Psychology from Youngstown State University and, following a year of volunteering with the AmeriCorps VISTA program, entered into the Doctorate of Audiology program at the University of Tennessee, Health Science Center (Knoxville). Dr. Curtis graduated with her AuD in May 2010 and has been practicing ever since.

Dr. Curtis was fortunate while in her program to have had many enriching clinical experiences, including placements with the Knox County Public Schools, Tennessee School for the Deaf, Perkins School for the Blind, and the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Following graduation worked for Central Florida Speech and Hearing Center (Lakeland, FL), University Hospitals (Cleveland, OH) and CVS.

Dr. Curtis LOVES hearing aids and changing peoples' lives by enhancing their ability to hear the Sounds of Life. She also is passionate about auditory processing disorders, cognitive function and hearing loss, tinnitus, pediatrics, educational audiology, community audiology, and she loves to work with patients of all ages with unique needs. As a musician and audiophile, she is particularly sensitive to the specific needs of musician patients. She takes great pride and joy in educating and mentoring future audiologists.

Dr. Curtis is an accomplished professional. She currently is on the Governmental Affairs Committee for the Ohio Academy of Audiology, the Board of the Association of Specialists in Aging, and is a former executive Board member for the Audiology Practice Standards Organization. She has presented her clinical research in the areas of CHARGE syndrome, hearing aid trialing, real-ear measures, and economic disparities in hearing healthcare via posters, live, and recorded presentations at national and international conferences. She is the co-author of the "Hearing" chapter of the "CHARGE Syndrome" First and Second edition textbooks. She directs a local non-profit project, Hearing the Call - Northeast Ohio.

All of those achievements could never compete with her highest priority and greatest love: her family. Her wonderful husband is Daniel (who built this awesome website) and they chase their kids (Zach, Eliana, and Owen), golden retriever, and two cats around for fun. She is a lover of music, yummy food, Disney (and Disney World), Harry Potter, Star Wars, history documentaries, docuseries based on veterinarian clinics and zoos, and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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 a very challenging 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! In high school she organized a Prom Closet for those who could not afford to buy new dress. She loves basketball and baseball (Go Tribe!) and cannot go a day without coffee. She will eat anything sweet but doesn’t like ice cream (Dr. Curtis didn’t hold that against her)! She is also a cat mother to her cute and loving kitty, Walter. In addition, Dr. Donovan has a loving family and is able to see them often! She is very excited to continue showing them all the wonderful parts of Northeast Ohio!