Subject: Preliminary Announcement: "Cognitive Hearing Science for Communication" Conference From: Ingrid Johnsrude <ingrid.johnsrude@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:36:09 -0400 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Boundary_(ID_YDSRdXBBVA+6bLHWxVgLJA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT: Conference on "Cognitive Hearing Science for = Communication", to be held June 19-22, 2011, in Link=F6ping, Sweden. The goal of this meeting is to bring together researchers in all fields, = basic and applied, who are interested in the interplay between cognitive = and hearing factors in communication. When the language input is = degraded (due to challenging conditions, sensory impairment, or = processing applied by hearing aids or implants), the quality of the = 'bottom-up' signal may not be sufficient to yield accurate perception, = and the individual may rely on a variety of compensatory =91top-down=92 = processes, based in cognitive abilities, and in knowledge and = experience, to optimize understanding. Increased perceptual processing = demands may also tax higher-level cognitive processing. The goal of this = meeting is to describe, in persons with and without hearing impairment = and in the profoundly deaf, how cognitive and compensatory factors = interact with processing of the 'bottom-up' signal in communication, and = how this may change over the lifespan.=20 The conference will include invited speakers, open papers, and posters. = The first call for abstracts will be announced in September 2010, with a = deadline in January 2011. The conference is organized through the Linnaeus Centre for Hearing and = Deafness (Linnaeus HEAD), funded by a 10-year Linnaeus Grant from the = Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsr=E5det). See = http://www.ibl.liu.se/cdd/ihv/linnecentrum-head/om-linnecentrum-head?l=3De= n for more information. We encourage you, and your colleagues and trainees, to keep this meeting = in mind as you plan your travel for next year. We look forward to seeing = you in Link=F6ping! with best wishes, The Organizing Committee --Boundary_(ID_YDSRdXBBVA+6bLHWxVgLJA) Content-type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; = "><div>PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT: Conference on "Cognitive Hearing = Science for Communication", to be held June 19-22, 2011, in Link=F6ping, = Sweden.</div><div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span><br>The goal of this = meeting is to bring together researchers in all fields, basic and = applied, who are interested in the interplay between cognitive and = hearing factors in communication. When the language input is = degraded (due to challenging conditions, sensory impairment, = or processing applied by hearing aids or implants), the quality of = the 'bottom-up' signal may not be sufficient to yield accurate = perception, and the individual may rely on a variety of = compensatory =91top-down=92 processes, based in cognitive abilities, and = in knowledge and experience, to optimize understanding. Increased = perceptual processing demands may also tax higher-level cognitive = processing. The goal of this meeting is to describe, in persons = with and without hearing impairment and in the profoundly deaf, how = cognitive and compensatory factors interact with processing of the = 'bottom-up' signal in communication, and how this may change over = the lifespan. <br><br>The conference will include invited speakers, = open papers, and posters. The first call for abstracts will be announced = in September 2010, with a deadline in January 2011.<br><br>The = conference is organized through the Linnaeus Centre for Hearing and = Deafness (Linnaeus HEAD), funded by a 10-year Linnaeus Grant from the = Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsr=E5det). See </span><span = lang=3D"SV"><a = href=3D"http://www.ibl.liu.se/cdd/ihv/linnecentrum-head/om-linnecentrum-he= ad?l=3Den"><span = lang=3D"EN-US">http://www.ibl.liu.se/cdd/ihv/linnecentrum-head/om-linnecen= trum-head?l=3Den</span></a></span><span> for more = information.<br><br>We encourage you, and your colleagues and trainees, = to keep this meeting in mind as you plan your travel for next year. We = look forward to seeing you in Link=F6ping!<br><br>with best = wishes,<br><br>The Organizing Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3D"MsoNormal"><br></p></div></div><div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_YDSRdXBBVA+6bLHWxVgLJA)--