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The Audiology Project TAP is a non profit, volunteer-based organization connecting hearing and balance health with chronic disease care. Join our work today!

📢 Interested in The Audiology Project (TAP)? Join us! 🦻💙We’re hosting our next TAP Interest Meeting, and we’d love to se...
10/12/2026

📢 Interested in The Audiology Project (TAP)? Join us! 🦻💙

We’re hosting our next TAP Interest Meeting, and we’d love to see you there!

Come learn more about The Audiology Project, our mission, current initiatives, and how YOU can get involved in making a difference in hearing healthcare! 🌎

📅 Thursday, November 12, 2026

⏰ 7:00 PM EST

💻 Virtual Meeting

🔗 Register here: https://forms.gle/3UuUaqVmKgbtgo2X7

Whether you’re an audiologist, student, healthcare professional, or simply passionate about hearing health, we welcome you to join the conversation!

💙 Together, we can make a difference!

📣 Advocacy Starts with a Conversation! 👂💙At The Audiology Project (TAP), our volunteers are the heart of our mission, he...
10/10/2026

📣 Advocacy Starts with a Conversation! 👂💙

At The Audiology Project (TAP), our volunteers are the heart of our mission, helping build connections, educate communities, and advocate for better hearing and balance health!

In our latest blog, “State Advocacy Through the Years – A Conversation,” TAP Founder Dr. Kathy Dowd sits down with Dr. Alexandra Tarvin of Elevate Audiology in South Carolina to highlight her incredible advocacy efforts over the years.

From helping develop the Healthy Ears Matter flyer to influencing the CDC’s Healthy Ears educational materials, Dr. Tarvin demonstrates how collaboration and community outreach can make a lasting impact! 🩺

✨ The biggest takeaway? Don’t be afraid to speak up! Connect with local healthcare providers, diabetes educators, and community organizations. Small conversations can lead to meaningful change.

🎥 Watch the full conversation and learn how YOU can get involved in advancing hearing and balance health!

🔗 Read the latest blog at www.theaudiologyproject.com (link in bio!)

📣 Exciting news from The Audiology Project!TAP is thrilled to welcome Danielle Glista, PhD, Reg. CASLPO, as our new Dire...
10/05/2026

📣 Exciting news from The Audiology Project!

TAP is thrilled to welcome Danielle Glista, PhD, Reg. CASLPO, as our new Director of Educational Content and Programs (ECAP)! 🎉

Dr. Glista’s work focuses on advancing accessible, connected, and person-centered hearing healthcare, including virtual care, interprofessional collaboration, and integrating hearing healthcare into chronic disease management.

We’re also excited to introduce our new ECAP Special Project Group, an interdisciplinary team helping TAP develop and deliver impactful, evidence-based educational content and programs:

✨ Danielle Glista, PhD, Reg. CASLPO — Director of ECAP
✨ Christine Meston, PhD, Reg. CASLPO
✨ Chris Allan, PhD, Reg. CASLPO
✨ Grace Malheiro, BHSc
✨ Jana Bataineh, BSc, MPH
✨ Robin O’Hagan, BA, CDA

Together, this incredible group brings expertise spanning audiology, communication sciences, public health, virtual hearing healthcare, patient-centered research, chronic disease management, and health-system integration.

We can’t wait to see how their work expands TAP’s educational reach and helps make evidence-based hearing and balance healthcare knowledge more accessible, practical, and impactful around the world. 🌎👂💙

Please join us in giving Dr. Glista and the entire Special Project Group a warm welcome!

🔗 Read the full announcement and learn more about each member at the link in our bio.



Dr. Glista brings a wealth of expertise, dedication, and leadership to this role. She is an Assistant Professor at the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, a Principal Investigator at the National Centre for Audiology, and the Director of the Connected Hearing Healthcare Lab at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. Her work consistently drives innovation in clinical education and patient care.

Christine Meston, PhD, Reg. CASLPO, is an Assistant Professor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western University and a clinical educator in the H.A. Leeper Speech and Hearing Clinic. Her research focuses on improving hearing healthcare across the lifespan, with interests in adolescent self-management, virtual hearing healthcare, and optimizing hearing health for individuals living with diabetes.

Chris Allan, PhD, Reg CASLPO, is an Assistant Professor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western University. Her research focuses on auditory processing and perception in children, electrophysiological assessment, and optimizing hearing healthcare for individuals living with diabetes. Her work bridges research and clinical practice, with an emphasis on advancing diagnostic approaches and supporting patient-centred hearing care.

Grace Malheiro, BHSc, is a combined MClSc/PhD student at Western University, pursuing graduate training in Audiology and Hearing Science. Grace’s research focuses on the early detection, intervention, and audiological monitoring of children and adults living with diabetes. Her work aims to advance interprofessional models of care that integrate hearing healthcare into chronic disease management.

Jana Bataineh, BSc, MPH, is a combined MClSc/PhD candidate in Audiology and Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Western University. Jana’s research focuses on integrating hearing healthcare into primary care to support timely and accessible care across the life course. Her work centers on hearing health promotion, patient-oriented research, and health system improvement, using mixed methods to engage patients, clinicians, and other healthcare partners.

Robin O’Hagan, BA, CDA, is an MClSc Audiology student at Western University. Robin’s research focuses on virtual hearing healthcare, mobile health (mHealth), interprofessional collaboration, and the integration of hearing healthcare into chronic disease management. She is also a trained Communicative Disorders Assistant and an associate member of the National Centre for Audiology.

10/01/2026

A NEW TAP Research Feature
🔗- https://www.mdpi.com/2039-4349/16/5/134

Hearing Health Monitoring in Adults Living with Diabetes: A Scoping Review to Inform Integrated Care Pathways

Our Executive Director shares another research feature from Western University in London, Ontario, Canada.
This review breaks down a substantial body of evidence, from global research from 1974 - 2026 that focused on hearing health assessment and monitoring for adults living with diabetes. It highlights key gaps in standardized approaches, referral pathways, and interdisciplinary care, as well as opportunities to better integrate hearing health into routine diabetes care.

It is not one to miss and you are going to see a lot more from these researchers very soon!

As always, stay tuned!


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✨ TAP Through the Years ✨What started as a conversation about the connection between diabetes, hearing, and balance has ...
09/14/2026

✨ TAP Through the Years ✨

What started as a conversation about the connection between diabetes, hearing, and balance has grown into a nationwide and international movement for change. 💙👂

From early advocacy efforts in 2011 to becoming an official nonprofit in 2016, collaborating with the CDC, expanding our volunteer network, developing educational resources, and reaching healthcare professionals across disciplines, The Audiology Project has continued working toward one goal: making hearing and balance healthcare an essential part of medical care. (THE AUDIOLOGY PROJECT)

As we celebrate 10 years as an official organization, we’re looking back at the people, partnerships, and milestones that made TAP what it is today and looking forward to everything still to come! 🎉

📖 Read “TAP Through the Years” to explore our journey:
TAP Through the Years

💙 Help us continue the next chapter by spreading the word, getting involved, or supporting TAP’s mission.

🌀 Balance Awareness Week 🌀 September 13–19 Balance is something we often take for granted until it becomes difficult. Th...
09/14/2026

🌀 Balance Awareness Week
🌀 September 13–19

Balance is something we often take for granted until it becomes difficult. This week, The Audiology Project is joining the effort to raise awareness about balance and vestibular health and the impact balance disorders can have on everyday life.

Dizziness, vertigo, unsteadiness, and frequent falls can be signs that something isn’t right. Audiologists play an important role in evaluating the vestibular system and helping identify and manage balance disorders.

💙 Better balance can mean greater confidence, independence, and quality of life. Let’s bring balance disorders out of the shadows and help more people find the support they need.

Today, we pause to remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001, honor the heroes who served, and stand with everyone f...
09/11/2026

Today, we pause to remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001, honor the heroes who served, and stand with everyone forever impacted by that day.

We will never forget. 🇺🇸

09/10/2026

10 Years of Impact. One Global Mission. 💙🌎

As The Audiology Project celebrates 10 years of education, advocacy, and raising awareness of the connection between hearing, balance, and overall health, we are proud to recognize the people who help bring TAP’s mission to communities around the world.

Dr. Shahzaeem Hussain, ENT Specialist, Head & Neck Surgeon, and Pakistan Country Lead for The Audiology Project, shares what being part of TAP has meant to him and the impact of our work in advancing hearing and balance care.

For a decade, TAP has worked to educate healthcare professionals, advocate for better hearing and balance care, and increase awareness of the important connections between chronic disease and audiologic health. Your support helps us continue this work and expand our impact for years to come.

💙 Help us continue the next decade of impact. Every donation supports TAP’s mission and helps us reach more professionals, patients, and communities.

Donate today through the link in our bio.

Thank you, Dr. Hussain, for your continued dedication to TAP and for helping advance our mission in Pakistan and beyond!

💙 Why does TAP need your support? Because lasting change takes a community.For more than a decade, The Audiology Project...
09/09/2026

💙 Why does TAP need your support? Because lasting change takes a community.

For more than a decade, The Audiology Project has worked to educate, advocate, and empower by bringing greater awareness to hearing and balance health and their connection to overall health and chronic disease.

Your support helps TAP continue to:
🦻 Expand access to hearing health resources
📣 Raise awareness and educate communities
🤝 Create opportunities for the next generation of audiologists
🌎 Build partnerships that strengthen the audiology community

Every donation, no matter the size, helps TAP continue this important work and reach more people. Together, we can create a more connected, informed, and hearing-healthier tomorrow. 💙🧡

Help us continue the work. Donate today:
theaudiologyproject.com/donate

Happy Labor Day from The Audiology Project! 🇺🇸💙Today, we celebrate the dedication and hard work of audiologists, student...
09/07/2026

Happy Labor Day from The Audiology Project! 🇺🇸💙

Today, we celebrate the dedication and hard work of audiologists, students, clinicians, researchers, educators, volunteers, and healthcare professionals who work every day to improve hearing health and quality of life.

Your commitment to educating, advocating, and empowering helps build a healthier, more inclusive future one where hearing and balance health is recognized as an essential part of overall health.

Thank you for all that you do. 🧡👂

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