Cynthia Hogan obtained her Master of Science Degree from Penn State University and her Ph.D. from Syracuse University. She has been working as a clinical audiologist for 35 years since getting her MS. Her work is focused primarily on hearing aids, including conventional hearing aids and bone conduction devices. She came to Mayo Clinic Rochester in 2007 and is currently the director of the Hearing Aid Program and Chair of the Division of Audiology in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology.