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[Jont Allen <jba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

                ADVANCING HUMAN COMMUNICATION: HEARING AID RESEARCH

                                         AND DEVELOPMENT

                        September 11-13, 1995  Bethesda, Maryland

                     REMINDER OF RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS DEADLINE


                The deadline for the receipt of abstracts for the first

                biennial conference on ADVANCING HUMAN COMMUNICATION:

                HEARING AID RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT is March 15, 1995.

                The conference will provide a national forum for the

                presentation of ongoing or completed research relevant

                to signal processing and amplification for hearing

                impaired persons.  The objectives are to share and

                critically examine, in a setting that stimulates creative

                debate and interaction, current research relevant to

                speech understanding in noise, amplification and signal

                processing, in a variety of areas including speech

                perception, psychophysics, physiology of the auditory

                system, technologic advances in devices, and clinical

                trials.  Individuals from the widest range of related

                scientific specialists are encouraged to participate

                to provide additional insight into issues pertinent

                to the area of amplification and signal processing

                and to formulate the future directions of research.

                Abstracts will be reviewed for acceptance by a

                scientific panel.  The conference format will include

                both presentations and poster sessions, with considerable

                time allotted for audience discussion.


                Sponsors:  The National Institute on Deafness and Other

                Communication Disorders (NIDCD) and the Department of

                Veterans Affairs (VA).  For further information, call the

                NIDCD at 301-496-7243; TDD 301-402-0252.