Hearing
The afternoon features talks from 2022 and 2023 BBI seed grant award teams and concludes with the BBI-Kavli Distinguished Seminar by Dr. Seth Blackshaw (Johns Hopkins University) followed by a reception. The full schedule for the symposium is attached below.
Please RSVP at https://forms.gle/6ai48FVxX8xp4RAk6
Spotlight on talks by language scientists:
A cross-species approach to understanding the physiological mechanisms underlying age-related hearing loss
RSVP here for Zoom link
Why Does It Matter? The Connection between Hearing Loss, Cognition, and Implications for Healthy Aging
Enhanced Perception and Cognition in Deaf Sign Language Users? EEG and Behavioral Evidence
This talk is open to all students and postdocs. No faculty, please!
Values in Hearing Healthcare Service Delivery
(Practice talk for American Auditory Society)
Zoom: https://go.umd.edu/lslt-zoom
Spectral contrasts produced by children with cochlear implants: Investigating the impact of signal degradation on speech acquisition
Cortical Neuroplasticity and Re-organization in Hearing Loss: Effects of Treatment with Cochlear Implants and Hearing Aids
Lien Decruy (Neuroscience, ExpORL, KU Leuven)
The aging and hearing impaired brain: Envelope tracking across the lifespan in normal hearing and hearing impaired listeners
Arthur Wingfield (Psychology, Brandeis University)
Stability in the Face of Change: Cognitive supports and cognitive constraints in speech comprehension by older adults with age-related hearing loss