AuDacity 2026 - Bios
Hosted by the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) since 2016, the AuDacity Conference is the premier annual event designed for audiologists seeking to lead, innovate, and connect. Held each fall, AuDacity draws practitioners, thought leaders, educators, and industry partners together for several days of dynamic programming, hands-on learning, and meaningful collaboration.
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Julie Honaker, Ph.D., CCC-A
Cleveland Clinic
Julie A. Honaker, Ph.D. CCC-A is the Section Head of Audiology, Head and Neck Department, Integrated Surgical Institute, and the Director of the Vestibular and Balance Disorders Program at the Cleveland Clinic. Her passion for vestibular sciences developed during her master’s program in audiology (2001) and Ph.D. (2006) at the University of Cincinnati, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at the Mayo Clinic (2009). Before joining the Cleveland Clinic in 2016, she was an associate professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where her teaching and research program focused on vestibular and balance sciences. As a clinical researcher, she strives to advance the care of patients with balance disorders. Still, more importantly, she mentors clinicians to become independent and critical thinkers, consumers, and producers of research. Her significant contributions to the field are enhancing audiology students' clinical training and research preparedness.