Sunday, October 7 |
7:00 - 8:00 p.m. |
Opening Keynote Presentation
Aging and Speech Communication: Peripheral & Cognitive Factors
Tammo Houtgast and Sophia Kramer, Free University, Amsterdam |
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Monday, October 8 |
8:00 a.m. |
Structural and Functional Changes of the Aging Auditory System: An Overview
Robert Frisina, University of Rochester |
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8:40 a.m. |
Aging, Hearing Loss and Speech Recognition: An Overview
Judy Dubno, Medical University of South Carolina |
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9:20 a.m. |
Aging and Auditory Temporal Processing: Implications for Speech Communication
Sandy Gordon-Salant, University of Maryland & Peter Fitzgibbons, Gallaudet University |
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Break |
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10:20 a.m. |
A Walk Down Working-Memory Lane: Age Differences in Focus Switching and Retrieval Dynamics
Paul Verhaeghen, Syracuse University |
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11:00 a.m. |
Aging, Working Memory, Processing Speed, and Language Comprehension
Gloria Waters, Boston University |
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11:40 a.m. |
Interaction of Auditory and Cognitive Factors during Language Comprehension
Kathy Pichora-Fuller, University of Toronto at Mississauga |
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Lunch |
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2:00 p.m. |
What Do PET Studies Tell Us About Speech Perception?
Sophie Scott, University College, London |
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2:40 p.m. |
Top-down Processing and Executive Function in Normal Aging
Monica Fabiani, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois |
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Break |
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4:00 p.m. |
fMRI Studies of Aging and Speech Communication
Mark Eckert, Medical University of South Carolina |
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4:20 p.m. |
Age-related Changes in Temporal Processing: Evidence from Event-related Potentials
Kelly Tremblay, University of Washington, and Claude Alain, University of Toronto |
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POSTER SESSION A AND SOCIAL HOUR |
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Tuesday, October 9 |
8:00 a.m. |
Age Differences in Distraction Control
Lynn Hasher, University of Toronto |
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8:40 a.m. |
Aging and Attention
Arthur F. Kramer, University of Illinois |
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9:20 a.m. |
Age-related Changes in Informational Masking: Implications for Everyday Listening
Bruce Schneider, University of Toronto at Mississauga |
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Break |
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10:20 a.m. |
Aging and Distraction by Competing Speech
Arthur Wingfield and Patricia Tun, Brandeis University |
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11:00 a.m. |
Informational Masking and Impaired Hearing
Erick Gallun, Portland VAMC |
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Lunch |
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1:20 p.m. |
Cross-modal Sensory Attention and Multisensory Intergration in the Elderly
Paul Laurienti, Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
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2:00 p.m. |
Temporal Processing in Hearing, Vision and Touch: Effects of Aging
Jim Craig, Larry Humes, Tom Busey, Diane Kewley-Port, Indiana University |
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2:40 p.m. |
Integration of Auditory and Visual Information by Older Adults
Mitch Sommers, Washington University |
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Break |
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3:40 p.m. |
Chronological Aging and Ease of Speech Understanding
Jerker Ronnberg, Linkoping University |
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4:20 p.m. |
Dual Impairment of Vision and Hearing in Older Adults
Mark Brennan, Lighthouse International |
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POSTER SESSION B AND SOCIAL HOUR |
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Wednesday, October 10 |
8:00 a.m. |
Aging and Training-Induced Plasticity
Kirk Erickson and Arthur Kramer, University of Illinois |
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8:40 a.m. |
Training of Aided Speech Recognition in Older Adults
Matt Burk, Larry Humes, Jim Miller & Charles Watson, Indiana University |
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9:20 a.m. |
Training of Speech Recognition in Older Adults: A Web-based Approach
Robert Sweetow, University of California, San Francisco |
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Break |
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10:20 a.m. |
Conversation Repair and Hearing Loss in Older Adults: Research and Clinical
Perspectivess
Christopher Lind, Flinders University |
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11:00 a.m. |
Promoting Successful Speech Communication for Older Adults
Louise Hickson, University of Queensland |
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12:00 p.m. |
ADJOURN and BOX LUNCHES |
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