Associate Professor
Education
- B.A. – University of Tennessee- Knoxville, 1988; speech pathology
- M.A. – University of Tennessee- Knoxville, 1989; audiology
- Ph.D. – University of Tennessee- Knoxville, 1998; speech and hearing science
Teaching Areas
SPLP 663 Hearing Clinic
SPLP 635 Seminar in Communication: Audiology for the Speech-Language Pathologist
Bloomsburg University 72.644 - Issues and Perspectives in Audiological Practice
Bloomsburg University 72.636 – Professional Ethics and Cultural Diversity
Professional Interests
School-Based (Educational) Audiology
(Central) Auditory Processing Disorders
Dr. Richburg is the 2009–2011 editor for the Journal of Educational Audiology (journal of the Educational Audiology Association)
Research Interests
- classroom acoustics
- multi-cultural clinical education
- and collaboration among hearing professionals
Professional Certifications
ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence - Audiology (CCC-A)
Fellow of the American Academy of Audiology (FAAA)
Hearing Conservation – Certified CAOHC Professional Supervisor
Selected Publications
- Knickelbein, B.A. & McCormick Richburg, C. Special educators’ perspectives on the services and benefits of educational audiologists. Communication Disorders Quarterly (in press).
- McCormick Richburg, C. & Knickelbein, B.A. (2011). Educational audiologists: Their access, benefit, and collaborative assistance to speech-language pathologists in schools. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 42, 444-460. (doi:10.1044/0161-1461[2011/10-0011])
- McCormick Richburg, C., & Smiley, D. F. (2009). The “state” of educational audiology revisited. Journal of Educational Audiology, 15, 63-73.
- Robinson, B.S., Cook, J., McCormick Richburg, C., & Price, S. (2009). Use of an eletrotactile vestibular substitution system to facilitate balance and gait of an individual with gentamicin induced bilateral vestibular dysfunction and bilateral trans-tibial amputation. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy, 33, 150-159.
- McCormick Richburg, C. & Imhoff, L. (2008). Survey of hearing screeners: Training and protocols used in two distinct school systems. Journal of Educational Audiology, 14, 31-46.
- Goldberg, L., McCormick Richburg, C., & Wood, L. (2006). Active learning through Service Learning. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 27(3), 131-145.
- McCormick Richburg, C. & Goldberg, L.R. (2006). Teacher’s perceptions about Minimal Hearing Impairment: A role for educational audiologists. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 27(1), 4-19.
- Goldberg, L. & McCormick Richburg, C. (2004). Minimal hearing impairment: Major myths with more than minimal implications. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 25(3), 152-160.
- McCormick, C.A. & Roy, N. (2002). The Chatter Vox portable voice amplifier: A means to vibration dose reduction? Journal of Voice, 16(4), 502-508.
- Musiek, F.E., McCormick, C.A., & Hurley, R.M. (1996). Hit and false-alarm rates of selected ABR indices in differentiating cochlear disorders from acoustic tumors. American Journal of Audiology, 5, 90-97.
Selected Presentations
- Benafield, N.J., Smiley, D.F., McCormick Richburg, C., & Serpente, A.K. (2011, July). Practicum for Au.D. Students in School-Based Audiology Settings. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Educational Audiology Association, Nashville, TN.
- McCormick Richburg, C. & Price, L. (2010, November). Managing Auditory Processing Disorders in School-Age Children. Oral presentation at the convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s annual conference, Philadelphia, PA.
- McCormick Richburg, C. (2009, October). So What Now? Intervention Strategies for (C)APD. Invited presentation at the 2009 Arkansas Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Hot Springs, AR
- McCormick Richburg, C. (2008, November). Cultural Competence: What do you really know? Oral presentation at the convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL.
- McCormick Richburg, C. & Knickelbein, B. (2008, November). Do school-based SLPs benefit from collaboration with audiologists? Oral presentation at the convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL.
- McCormick Richburg, C. (2008, July) Collaboration: Working together makes everyone a winner. Invited paper presented at the summer workshop of the Educational Audiology Association, Orlando, FL.
- McCormick Richburg, C. (2007, July). Results of a survey from hearing screeners in two distinct school systems. Oral presentation at the summer conference for the Educational Audiology Association, Reno, NV.
