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:

NACS Seminar: Aravind Parthasarathy (U of Pittsburgh)

A cross-species approach to understanding the physiological mechanisms underlying age-related hearing loss

UMEEA Event: Samira Anderson, Nicole Nguyen, & Lisa Rickard (HESP)

RSVP here for Zoom link

Why Does It Matter? The Connection between Hearing Loss, Cognition, and Implications for Healthy Aging

NACS Seminar: Lorna Quandt (Gallaudet)

Enhanced Perception and Cognition in Deaf Sign Language Users? EEG and Behavioral Evidence

HESP Work in Progress: Katie Palandrani (HESP)

This talk is open to all students and postdocs. No faculty, please!

Values in Hearing Healthcare Service Delivery

(Practice talk for American Auditory Society)

Dissertation defense: Allison Johnson (HESP)

Zoom: https://go.umd.edu/lslt-zoom

Spectral contrasts produced by children with cochlear implants: Investigating the impact of signal degradation on speech acquisition

NACS Seminar: Anu Sharma (UC Boulder)

Cortical Neuroplasticity and Re-organization in Hearing Loss: Effects of Treatment with Cochlear Implants and Hearing Aids

ECE Seminar: Lien Decruy (KU Leuven)

Lien Decruy (Neuroscience, ExpORL, KU Leuven)

The aging and hearing impaired brain: Envelope tracking across the lifespan in normal hearing and hearing impaired listeners

NACS Seminar: Arthur Wingfield (Brandeis)

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

HESP Seminar: Alex Presacco (HESP)