Director of Audiology, Kennedy Krieger Institute
Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Dr. Pillion received his B.A. degree from Western Michigan University and his M.A. and Ph.D degrees from The Ohio State University. He was a research associate at The Ohio State University from 1979 to 1981. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in audiology at Kennedy Krieger from 1982-1984. He continued his career working as a clinical audiologist at the Southside Virginia Training Center for two years. He returned to the Kennedy Krieger Institute in 1987 and has worked as an audiologist since that time. He became Clinical Manager of audiology in 1996 and the Director of Audiology in 1997. He has served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine since 2001. Dr. Pillion is a member of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, the American Auditory Society and the American Academy of Audiology. Since 1988 Dr. Pillion has been investigating the auditory status of children and adults with Rett syndrome. Findings have included an association between auditory brain stem response abnormalities and the presence of seizures and hyperventilation. Evidence in the auditory brain stem response of neurodegenerative disease has not been observed for measurements taken at test intervals from 1 to 9 years apart. However, evidence of sensorineural hearing loss related to age and anticonvulsant use has been observed in a significant number of girls with Rett syndrome.
An additional area of research interest has been in developing methodology for estimation of peripheral auditory sensitivity with auditory evoked potential measurements and measurements of otoacoustic emissions.
In collaboration with E. Mark Mahone, Ph.D. of the Kennedy Krieger Department of Neuropsychology, an auditory continuous performance test for preschoolers has been developed. This is part of a larger interest in the assessment of attentional and central auditory processing function in pre-school and school age children. Education: The Ohio State University, Ph.D.,
The Ohio State University, M.A.,
Western Michigan University, B.A. Academic Appointments: Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Core Faculty in Audiology, MCHB Training Program; Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Postdoctoral fellowship, Audiology
Hospital and Administrative Appointments: Director of Audiology
Department of Audiology
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Baltimore, Maryland Clinical Manager of Audiology
Department of Audiology
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Baltimore, Maryland Specialty certification: Certificate of Clinical Competence, Audiology State of Maryland Licensure, Audiology Recent publications and presentations: Pillion, J.P. Audiological assessment of infants and children with developmental disabilities. (2006). Book Chapter In: Capute’s and Accardo’s Developmental Disabilities in Infancy and Childhood. Edited by: P. Accard Paul H. Brookes, Baltimore, MD. In press. Pillion, J.P., Kharkar, S., Mahmood, A., Moser, H., and Shimizu, H. (2006). Auditory brainstem response findings and peripheral auditory sensitivity in adrenoleukodystrophy. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, In Press. Hattiangadi, N., Pillion, J.P., Solomine, B., Christensen, J., Trovato, M.K., and Speedie, L. J. (2005). Characteristics of auditory agnosia in a child with severe traumatic brain injury: A case report. Brain and Language, 92 (1), 12-25. Mahone, E.M., Pillion, J.P., Hoffman, J., Hiemenz, J.R., and Denckla, M.B. (2005). Construct validity for the auditory continuous performance test for preschoolers. Developmental Neuropsychology, 27 (1), 11-33. Pillion, J.P., Rawool, V.W., Bibat, G. and Naidu, S. (2003). Prevalence of peripheral hearing loss in Rett Syndrome. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 45; 338-343. Pillion, J.P. and Naidu, S. (2000). Auditory brainstem response findings in Rett syndrome: Stability over time. Journal of Pediatrics, 137, 393-396.
Balfour, P.B., Pillion, J.P., Gaskin, A. E. (1998). Distortion product otoacoustic emission and auditory brain stem response measures of pediatric sensorineural hearing loss with islands of normal sensitivity. Ear and Hearing, 19, 463-472. Address:
Director of Audiology
Kennedy Krieger Institute
1750 E. Fairmount Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21205
Phone: 443-923-3220
Fax: 443-923-3224
Email: pillion@kennedykrieger.org |
