Connected Hearing Healthcare Lab

Danielle Glista

Lab Director; Assistant Professor, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders

• Virtual care, tele-audiology, mHealth
• Real-world assessment and support tools
• Collaborative care models and integrated care
• Hearing aid fitting and signal processing
• Implementation science and knowledge translation

Robin O'Hagan, BA, CDA

Lab Coordinator; Research Assistant

• Virtual care, tele-audiology, mHealth
• Real-world assessment and support tools
• Pediatric care, including teenagers
• Working with participants across the lifespan
• Implementation science and knowledge translation

Danielle DiFabio, BHSc

Program: Combined MClSc/PhD in Hearing Science

Graduate Research Assistant

• Virtual care, tele-audiology, mHealth
• Family-centered care, caregiver and child engagement
• Development of clinical assessment tools

Jana Bataineh, HBSc, MPH

Program: PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Science

Graduate Research Assistant

• Integration of audiologists into primary care to facilitate timely, accessible hearing care across the life course
• Improving health outcomes by centering patient voice to facilitate health system improvement
• Implementing health system transformation

Janani Rajendra, BMSc

Program: MClSc in Audiology

Graduate Research Assistant

• Virtual health care
• Improving the accessibility of health care services

Sarah Tlayjeh, BSc

Program: MClSc in Audiology

Graduate Research Assistant

• Integrating virtual care into clinical practice

Kate Pfingstgraef

Program: Honours Specialization in Health Sciences (fourth year)

Undergraduate Research Assistant

• Child and youth health
• Interdisciplinary care
• Hearing care across the lifespan

Ben Tran

MSc

• USRI publication: Tran, B., Rafinejad-Farahani, B., Moodie, S., O’Hagan, R., & Glista, D. (2021). A scoping review of virtual focus group methods used in rehabilitation sciences. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 20, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069211042227

Luisa Natalia Pérez Vélez

MSc, Reg. CASLPO-Audiologist

• MSc thesis: An Exploration of Audiologists' Readiness to Adopt Connected Hearing Healthcare for Remote Hearing Aid Fitting

Kyla Munoz Galarza

B.H.Sc, M.H.Sc (Candidate in Audiology at Ottawa University)

• Independent study publication: Munoz Galarza, K., O’Hagan, R., & Glista, D. (2021). Considerations for pivoting to virtual audiology research. The Hearing Journal, 74(7), 18–20. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.HJ.0000766236.62940.8c

Nilram Jalilian

BA, Honors specialization in Biology

Research Assistant

Luxshmi Nageswaran

BHSc Candidate

Simrin Pardal

MScOT Candidate

Christina Boakye-Gyan

MClSc

Kristina Springer

MA, MClSc Candidate

Dinusha Premananth

Honours Specialization in Rehabilitation Sciences