Emily “Eli” Van Hook

Emily "Eli" Van Hook (they/them) is a speech-language pathologist whose goal is to serve the trans and gender diverse community by providing the best gender affirming voice care possible. Eli received their Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology at Kean University in New Jersey. In graduate school, they co-created the Gender Spectrum Voice Inventory (GSVI), the first comprehensive trans voice assessment to be made for all folks across the gender spectrum. Eli's research published on the GSVI can be found in the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Perspectives publication. While their focus at Prismatic is primarily in gender affirming voice training, they also have experience and knowledge from their time as a graduate student with the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Voice Program in medical conditions (such as vocal nodules) that can further impede one’s own authentic vocal expression. To strive towards the best gender affirming voice care they can provide, they utilize and continue to seek up-to-date evidence-based practices and the expertise of other gender diverse clinicians who have come before them. In addition to their work at Prismatic, Eli currently works in an inpatient medical facility serving adults with swallowing, voice, and language disorders, as well as in outpatient pediatric care. They live in Asheville, and on the weekends they can be found drawing architecture, on a hike, or snuggling their black cats Lior and Ezra.