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Rebekah Fallis Cunningham, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor
Arizona School of Health Sciences
333 East Nunneley Road
Gilbert, AZ 85296
Education
1996-2000 - University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, Ph.D.
1991-1993 - Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, M.S.
1987-1991 - Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, B.A.
Research and Scholarship
Book Chapters
Keith RW and Fallis RL. 1998. How CAPD test results influence management. In Bess, F.H. Children with Hearing Impairment: Contemporary Trends. Bill Wilkerson Center Press, Nashville.
Journal Articles
Fallis Cunningham, R. 2002. Auditory Processing Disorders. Indy’s Child. July 2002.
Fallis Cunningham, R. 2001. Mismatch Negativity in Normally
Developing Children. UMI Dissertation Services (Bell & Howell Company),
Ann Arbor.
Miller GM, Fallis-Cunningham R, Pensak ML. 1999. Current status of
infant hearing screening program. Current Opinions in Otolaryngology and
Head and Neck Surgery, 7(5).
Friedman RA, Sue CM, Bradley R, Paradies N, Bykhovskaya Y, DiMauro
S, Fallis-Cunningham R, Pensak ML 1999. Maternally Inherited
Deafness due to a Novel Genetic Defect. The Laryngoscope
Fallis-Cunningham R, Keith RW, Warnick R. 1998. Central Auditory
Processing in a Patient with a Right Temporal Lobe Tumor: A Case
Report. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 9(4), 299-304.
Clinical Service Delivery
Banner Desert Medical Center Department of Audiology, March 2004-Present
Pediatric Audiologist providing comprehensive diagnostic evaluations, Auditory Brainstem Response testing, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Newborn Hearing Screenings (OAE and ABR), intraoperative monitoring and testing
Speech and Hearing Services, March 2002-July 2003, Carmel, Indiana.
Audiologist in a private practice. Audiological assessments of adults and children, comprehensive hearing aid dispensing, evaluations, and adjustments, auditory processing evaluations.
St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 1999-Jan 2002.
Pediatric Audiology Program implementation of comprehensive
programs in pediatric audiology, including APD testing, diagnosis and
intervention for children with hearing impairment and data management of
universal newborn hearing screening program. Began pediatric cochlear
implant program, including participation during implantation and mapping.
St. Vincent Children’s Specialty Hospital, July 1999-January 2002,
Indianapolis, Indiana. Member of a multi-disciplinary Cranio-Facial and
Cleft Palate/Lip assessment team. Evaluate children with these
pathologies and recommend intervention when appropriate.
Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Sept, 1996-June 1999, Cincinnati Center for Developmental Delays, Cincinnati, Ohio. Audiologist and on-site Director - Supervisor for Master level students, pediatric audiological assessments, neonatal hearing assessments (ABR) and comprehensive central auditory processing evaluations.
Clinical Supervision
Supervision of Master’s and doctoral level students at the facilities listed
above beginning June 1995-Present.
Continuing Education
Attained more than the required hours of continuing education annually to
maintain state licensure in audiology in the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Arizona.
Activities included attendance at local and national conferences with
emphasis on amplification, pediatric assessment, cochlear implants and auditory processing.
Service
Children’s Hospital Medical Center, September 1996-June 1999,
Cincinnati Center for Developmental Delays, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Committee for the design and implementation of core courses for graduate student trainees in a multi-disciplinary setting.
Master’s thesis committee person for numerous students at the University of Cincinnati.
Member, American Academy of Audiology Convention Committee, 2004.
Member, American Academy of Audiology Education Committee, 2004
Member, American Academy of Audiology Membership Committee, 2004-2006.
Chair, American Academy of Audiology Membership Committee, 2006-2008
Courses Taught or Teaching
Arizona School of Health Sciences, July 2000-present, Mesa, AZ
Distance education: Otoacoustic Emissions, Neuroanatomy and
Physiology of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems
On-site: Pediatric Audiology, Auditory Processing Disorders, Advanced Evoked Potentials, Amplification III (Cochlear Implants, BAHA, etc.)
Ball State University, August 2000-January 2003, Muncie, Indiana.
Course instructor for doctoral students: Cochlear Implants
University of Cincinnati, January 1998-June 1999, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Course Instructor Seminar in Electrophysiological Measures of Audition. |
