Our Hearing Specialists

Karen joined the Cookeville Hearing Center in July 2011. She received her undergraduate degrees in Speech and Hearing Science and Psychology from Ohio State University in 1989. She received her Master of Arts in Audiology from The University of Akron in 1991. Karen’s practice has included all areas of audiology at the Youngstown Hearing and Speech Center in Ohio and at Ball Memorial Hospital in Indiana. She has completed additional training under Dr. Fred Bess, Director of The National Center for Childhood Deafness and former Director of Vanderbilt’s Bill Wilkerson Center and former Professor and Chair of the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at Vanderbilt. She worked as Director of the Newborn Hearing Screening Program at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. She is certified by the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association, is a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology and is an associate member of the Academy of Doctors of Audiology.

Cecilia worked in healthcare in Florida for over 24 years. She served as Past President of the Medical Office Managers Association of Central Florida. She moved to Tennessee and joined The Hearing Aid Center at Upper Cumberland Ear, Nose and Throat in February 2010. Cecilia became licensed as a Hearing Instrument Specialist in October 2012 and is a member of the International Hearing Society.