E-Mail:  debra.wilmington@va.gov
Telephone:  503-220-8262 x52727
Fax:  503-721-1402

Current Appointments
Staff Investigator
Assistant Professor, Dept. Otolaryngology, Oregon Health and Sciences University

Research Interests
Ototoxicity and noise-induced hearing loss, plasticity of the central auditory system, binaural hearing.

Research Project(s)
Prevention of Cisplatin Ototoxicity with the Antioxidant α-Lipoic Acid.
VA Rehabilitation Research & Development Service, 1/1/07-12/31/09.

The Effects of Training on Central Auditory Function in Multiple Sclerosis.
VA Rehabilitation Research & Development Service, 1/1/07-12/31/09.

A Portable Audiometric Monitoring Device.
VA Rehabilitation Research & Development Service, 7/1/04 - 6/30/08.

Selected Recent Publications

Lewis MS, Wilmington DJ, Hutter MM, Lily DJ, Bourdette DN, Fausti SA. (2007). Auditory Function in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis. MS Focus (in press).

Wilmington DJ, Lewis MS, Myers PJ, Gallun EJ, Fausti SA. (2007). Hearing Impairment in Soldiers: Special Considerations for Amputees. In: Combat Care of the Amputee. B. Pasquina, R. Cooper, Eds. Borden Institute Textbooks of Military Medicine (in press).

Reavis KM, Phillips DS, Fausti SA, Gordon JS, Helt WJ, Wilmington DJ, Bratt GW, Konrad-Martin D. (2007). Factors affecting sensitivity of distortion-product otoacoustic emissions to ototoxic hearing loss. Ear and Hearing (in press).

Konrad-Martin, D., Wilmington, D.J., Gordon, J.S., Reavis, K.M. & Fausti, S.A. (2005). Audiological Management of Patients Receiving Aminoglycoside Antibiotics. Volta Review, in press.

Fausti, S.A., Wilmington, D.J., Helt, P.V., & Helt, W.J. (2005). Hearing Health and Care - The Need for Improved Hearing Loss Prevention and Hearing Conservation Practices. J Rehab Res Dev, 42(4).

Konrad-Martin, D., Gordon, J.S., Reavis, K.M., Wilmington, D.J., & Helt, W.J. (2005). Audiological Monitoring of Patients Receiving Ototoxic Drugs. ASHA Perspec, 9(1), 17-22.

For additional information on research, presentations and publications see : complete CV