Emily Jo Venskytis, AuD, is Director of Clinical Education and Assistant Professor for the Doctor of Audiology program within the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the MGH Institute of Health Professions. 

Emily is passionate about pediatric care and has extensive clinical experience on interprofessional teams including hospital-based teams for patients with congenital ear anomalies, cleft/craniofacial disorders, and cochlear implants. Her areas of interest include diagnostics for difficult-to-test patients, electrophysiology, audiologic management including cochlear implants, bone anchored devices, and hearing aids, and community outreach for underserved populations. 

  • BPhil, Communication Science and Disorders, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 
  • AuD, Audiology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Presentations

Venskytis, E.J., Lutz, M. (2023) Integrating Interpreters and Language Translation into your Practice. University of Pittsburgh Audiology Seminar Series. Pittsburgh, PA

Green, A., Jamis, C., Joshi, A., Novak, J.L.S., Sanchez, C., Sprouse, B., Venskytis, E.J. (2022) Grand rounds: Pediatric. AAA Conference, St. Louis, MO.

Boss, B., Venskytis, E. (2021). Using cochlear implant software training modes to teach AuD students. Poster presented at University of Pittsburgh Teaching Conference. Pittsburgh, PA (virtual). 

Venskytis, E.J., Davenport, K., Ramirez, S., Taylor, A. (2020). Avoiding burnout through student loan management. AAA Conference, New Orleans, LA. (Conference canceled)

Haley, E. & Venskytis, E. (2019). Re-calibrating pediatric counseling for the millennial parent. AudiologyOnline, Article 26309. Retrieved from http://www.audiologyonline.com

Venskytis, E.J., Clayton, C., Montagne, C., Zhou, Y. (2019). Audiovisual interactions in stereo sound localization for individuals with unilateral hearing loss. Trends in Hearing, 23, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216519846232

Zhou, Y., Balderas, L., & Venskytis, E. J. (2018). Binaural ambiguity amplifies visual bias in sound source localization. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 144(6), 3118-3123. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5079568

Venskytis, E.J. (2016, March). How Do We Hear. Arizona State University Ask a Biologist. Available online: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/explore/how-do-we-hear

Venskytis, E.J. (2013) Bachelor of Philosophy Electronic Thesis Dissertation titled Auditory Evoked Potentials in Children with Cochlear Implants: A Preliminary Study under direction of Deborah Moncrieff, Ph.D. Available online: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/18369/1/VenskytisEJ_2013ETD.pdf