Mass Eye and Ear Opens New Audiology Practice in Charlestown, Mass.

The new practice is located within the MGH Institute of Health Professions and is the hospital’s 24^th suburban center.

Charlestown, Mass. – Mass Eye and Ear celebrated the opening of its newest audiology practice at 2 Constitution Wharf in Charlestown, MA, on Tuesday, July 18. The practice is the hospital’s 24^th suburban center, all of which strive to deliver the world-class expertise of Mass Eye and Ear specialists to the surrounding greater Boston area.

Mass Eye and Ear, Charlestown is located within the IMPACT Practice Center at the MGH Institute of Health Professions, a graduate school founded by Massachusetts General Hospital that serves as the only degree-granting affiliate of Mass General Brigham. The new practice provides comprehensive hearing health care to children and adults and is affiliated with the Doctor of Audiology (AuD) training program at the MGH Institute of Health Professions.

Patients can expect to receive the full range of diagnostic tests and technology needed to help determine the hearing health interventions best suited to their needs. Children and adults will receive care from specially-trained audiologists, as well as audiology students under professional supervision.

“Mass Eye and Ear, Charlestown, reaffirms two pillars of Mass Eye and Ear’s mission: extending world-class care beyond downtown Boston and educating the next generation of world-class clinicians,” said Meaghan P. Reed, AuD, CCC-A, who is director of Clinical Audiology at Mass Eye and Ear and will oversee audiology services at the new practice. “I’m excited to see how our audiologists can provide accessible, convenient and specialized care to the Charlestown community while training aspiring audiologists on how to employ cutting-edge techniques for confronting hearing loss.”

The audiologists at the practice include Rupal A. Bhakta, AuD, CCC-A; Christine L. Carter, ScD, CCC-A; Anita M. Mepani, AuD, CCC-A; and Emily Jo Venskytis, AuD, CCC-A, all of whom are nationally-certified and state-licensed audiologists within Mass Eye and Ear’s Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. Each audiologist will support the short- and long-term rehabilitative and educational needs of patients through communication needs assessments, hearing device selections and device fittings.

To learn more about the new Mass Eye Ear, Charlestown practice, please visit www.masseyeandear.org/locations/charlestown.

About Mass Eye and Ear

Massachusetts Eye and Ear, founded in 1824, is an international center for treatment and research and a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. A member of Mass General Brigham, Mass Eye and Ear specializes in ophthalmology (eye care) and otolaryngology–head and neck surgery (ear, nose and throat care). Mass Eye and Ear clinicians provide care ranging from the routine to the very complex. Also home to the world's largest community of hearing and vision researchers, Mass Eye and Ear scientists are driven by a mission to discover the basic biology underlying conditions affecting the eyes, ears, nose, throat, head and neck and to develop new treatments and cures. In the 2022–2023 “Best Hospitals Survey,” U.S. News & World Report ranked Mass Eye and Ear #4 in the nation for eye care and #4 for ear, nose and throat care. For more information about life-changing care and research at Mass Eye and Ear, visit our blog, Focus, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.