Eisenberg, Rita B.

Rita B. Eisenberg was born on March 25, 1921 in Chicago, IL. She received her B.A. from Brooklyn College in 1941, and her M.A. from Columbia University in 1946. After performing some post-graduate study in neurology and related areas from 1947 to 1950, she completed her SC.D. in 1957 from Johns Hopkins University. Eisenberg's professional experience includes: 1943-1947 -- Instructor in Speech, Brooklyn College: 1941-1950 -- Private Practice in Speech Pathology: 1956-1958 -- Director of Research, San Francisco Hearing and Speech Center: 1958-1961-- Consultant in Speech and Hearing Disorders, Child Guidance Clinic, Children's Hospital Hamilton County School System; Instructor in industrial medicine, Kettering Laboratories; Clinical Instructor in Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati; Staff Consultant in Speech and Hearing, Hamilton County Diagnostic Clinic; Shief, Audiological Service, Cincinnati Speech and Hearing Center: 1962-1972 -- Consultant in Speech Pathology and Audiology, Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic: 1962-1978 -- Adjunct Professor in Psychoacoustics and Child Development, Franklin and Marshall College; Lecturer, Communicative Disorders of Childhood, St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing: 1973-1978 -- Consultant, Lancaster - Lebanon CHILD Project: 1962-1978 -- Director, Bioacoustic Laboratory, St. Joseph Hospital, Lancaster, PA. This information was taken from Rita Eisenberg's 1978 Curriculum Vita. We have had no contact with her since she deposited her materials with us and have been unable to uncover any additional information.

From the description of Rita B. Eisenberg papers, 1960-1978. (University of Akron). WorldCat record id: 62198209

Rita B. Eisenberg was a researcher on infant auditory development. Eisenberg worked in professional capacities as an audiologist and a developmental psychologist. Eisenberg received her Sc.D in 1958.

In 1976 Eisenberg entered the bioacoustic laboratory at St. Joseph Hospital in Lancaster, PA. In 1981, she was at work in the biomedical engineering laboratory of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University.

Eisenberg's publications include Auditory competence in early life: The roots of communication behavior . Eisenberg also wrote an editorial for the journal Developmental Psychobiology, entitled "Human hearing: Development's undeveloped territory."

From the guide to the Rita B. Eisenberg papers, 1959-1978, (Center for the History of Psychology)