Margaret T. Dillon, AuD, PhD
Associate Professor
Director of OHNS Clinical Research
Director of Cochlear Implant Clinical Research
Areas of Interest
Cochlear implantation, hearing preservation, middle ear implantation, signal processing outcomes.
About
Honors
Best Oral Presentation Award
37th World Congress of Audiology, May 2026
Top Viewed Article for 2025
Benefits of cochlear implantation for older adults with asymmetric hearing loss. Laryngoscope. 2025;135(1):352-360. doi: 10.1002/lary.31718
Commencement Speaker
Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Department of Allied Health, UNC School of Medicine, 2025
The Laryngoscope Top 10 Most Cited Papers Published
Benefits of cochlear implantation in childhood unilateral hearing loss (CUHL trial). Laryngoscope. 2022;132(Suppl 6):S1-S18. doi: 10.1002/lary.29853
Ear & Hearing Readers’ Choice Award 2022
American Cochlear Implant Alliance task force guidelines for clinical assessment and management of adult cochlear implantation for single-sided deafness. Ear & Hearing. 2022;43(6):1605-1619. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001260
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BA, Psychology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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AuD Audiology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Externship: Area: Adult Cochlear Implants
UNC Hospitals
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PhD Auditory Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill