Dr. Verbsky began practicing clinical audiology in 1991 at a hearing and speech center where her case load was about half children and half adults.  After nearly a decade of clinical practice, she was awarded two training grants to pursue a PhD at The Ohio State University.  Her doctoral dissertation work with hearing aids and hearing protection for hearing-impaired listeners led to a Research Audiologist position at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in Cincinnati, OH.  Dr. Verbsky was the Project Officer for the Hearing-Impaired Worker Study which involved both lab studies and field work.

Then “life” happened.  In 2004, Dr. Verbsky and her husband adopted two four-year-old children from Russia.  When they discovered the children’s needs were greater than expected, Dr. Verbsky left NIOSH to run to doctors’ offices and therapy appointments, and later, to home school.  During her home schooling years, she and a friend started a special needs home school co-op, and Mrs. Verbsky’s Music Studio became the hub for special needs music lessons.  When their children reached high school, it was decided that they would attend public school.  Dr. Verbsky re-entered the work world, first as a tutor for children with autism, and after some refresher, as a clinical audiologist at a large ENT practice.