8:00 a.m.

Structural and Functional Changes of the Aging Auditory System: An Overview
Robert Frisina, University of Rochester

8:40 a.m.

Aging, Hearing Loss and Speech Recognition: An Overview
Judy Dubno, Medical University of South Carolina

9:20 a.m.

Aging and Auditory Temporal Processing: Implications for Speech Communication
Sandy Gordon-Salant, University of Maryland & Peter Fitzgibbons, Gallaudet University

Break

10:20 a.m.

A Walk Down Working-Memory Lane: Age Differences in Focus Switching and Retrieval Dynamics
Paul Verhaeghen, Syracuse University

11:00 a.m.

Aging, Working Memory, Processing Speed, and Language Comprehension
Gloria Waters, Boston University

11:40 a.m.

Interaction of Auditory and Cognitive Factors during Language Comprehension
Kathy Pichora-Fuller, University of Toronto at Mississauga

Lunch

2:00 p.m.

What Do PET Studies Tell Us About Speech Perception?
Sophie Scott, University College, London

2:40 p.m.

Top-down Processing and Executive Function in Normal Aging
Monica Fabiani, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois

Break

4:00 p.m.

fMRI Studies of Aging and Speech Communication
Mark Eckert, Medical University of South Carolina

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

8:00 a.m.

Age Differences in Distraction Control
Lynn Hasher, University of Toronto

8:40 a.m.

Aging and Attention
Arthur F. Kramer, University of Illinois

9:20 a.m.

Age-related Changes in Informational Masking: Implications for Everyday Listening
Bruce Schneider, University of Toronto at Mississauga

Break

10:20 a.m.

Aging and Distraction by Competing Speech
Arthur Wingfield and Patricia Tun, Brandeis University

11:00 a.m.

Informational Masking and Impaired Hearing
Erick Gallun, Portland VAMC

Lunch

1:20 p.m.

Cross-modal Sensory Attention and Multisensory Intergration in the Elderly
Paul Laurienti, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

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

2:40 p.m.

Integration of Auditory and Visual Information by Older Adults
Mitch Sommers, Washington University

Break

3:40 p.m.

Chronological Aging and Ease of Speech Understanding
Jerker Ronnberg, Linkoping University

4:20 p.m.

Dual Impairment of Vision and Hearing in Older Adults
Mark Brennan, Lighthouse International

8:00 a.m.

Aging and Training-Induced Plasticity
Kirk Erickson and Arthur Kramer, University of Illinois

8:40 a.m.

Training of Aided Speech Recognition in Older Adults
Matt Burk, Larry Humes, Jim Miller & Charles Watson, Indiana University

9:20 a.m.

Training of Speech Recognition in Older Adults: A Web-based Approach
Robert Sweetow, University of California, San Francisco

Break

10:20 a.m.

Conversation Repair and Hearing Loss in Older Adults: Research and Clinical Perspectivess
Christopher Lind, Flinders University

11:00 a.m.

Promoting Successful Speech Communication for Older Adults
Louise Hickson, University of Queensland

12:00 p.m.

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