Subject: [AUDITORY] Save the Date: Conference on Cognition, Aging, and Speech Communication (CASC), St. Louis, MO, May 6-9, 2026 From: Matthew Joseph Goupell <goupell@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 07:04:20 -0400--0000000000004672d20640cbe35e Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable *Save the Date: Conference on Cognition, Aging, and Speech Communication (CASC), St. Louis, MO, May 6-9, 2026* Dear Auditory List, We are delighted to announce that the conference on =E2=80=9CAging and Spee= ch Communication=E2=80=9D and the conference on =E2=80=9CCognitive Hearing Sci= ence for Communication=E2=80=9D have been combined into a single conference called t= he *Conference on Cognition, Aging, and Speech Communication (CASC)*. The conference will be held at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, May 6-9, 2026. The primary goal of this conference grant is to continue a series of exceptional international and interdisciplinary research conferences that address speech-communication challenges in older adults. The conference is organized around eight themes: =C2=B7 Age-related changes in auditory perception and physiology =C2=B7 Animal studies of aging and hearing =C2=B7 Aging and speech: production, perception, and understanding =C2=B7 Cognition and aging =C2=B7 Aging and multisensory perception and processing =C2=B7 Access to hearing health care =C2=B7 Hearing loss and hearing assistive devices (HA & CI) =C2=B7 Technological advances (Pharmaceuticals, AI, and more) The conference will be held at the Eric P. Newman Education Center which is located on the Medical Campus of Washington University in St. Louis. Details concerning the program, costs, registration, and abstract submission will be coming soon, as well as the conference website. Abstract submission will open *November 15, 2025 and close February 1, 2026*. Decisions will be made by March 1, 2026. US Organizing Committee: Mitch Sommers, Kate McClannahan, Samira Anderson, Matthew Goupell International Organizing Committee: Henrik Danielsson, Helen Henshaw, Ingrid Johnsrude, Sergi Rotger-Griful, Jerker R=C3=B6nnberg --0000000000004672d20640cbe35e Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:&qu= ot;trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><b style=3D"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;= font-size:12pt">Save the Date: Conference on Cognition, Aging, and Speech Communication (CASC), St. Louis, MO, May 6-9, 2026</b></div></div><d= iv class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:"trebuchet ms",sa= ns-serif"><b style=3D"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br></b>= </div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:"trebuchet ms&= quot;,sans-serif"><p class=3D"gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"margin:0in;font-= size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Dear Auditory List,</p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-fam= ily:Aptos,sans-serif">=C2=A0</p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-fam= ily:Aptos,sans-serif">We are delighted to announce that the conference on = =E2=80=9CAging and Speech Communication=E2=80=9D and the conference on =E2=80=9CCognitive = Hearing Science for Communication=E2=80=9D have been combined into a single conference called t= he <b><u>Conference on Cognition, Aging, and Speech Communication (CASC)</u></b>. The conferenc= e will be held at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, May 6-9, 2026. The primary goal of this conference grant is to continue a series of exceptiona= l international and interdisciplinary research conferences that address speec= h-communication challenges in older adults. </p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-fam= ily:Aptos,sans-serif">=C2=A0</p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-fam= ily:Aptos,sans-serif">The conference is organized around eight themes:</p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size= :12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fami= ly:Symbol">=C2=B7<span style=3D"font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-ea= st-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-k= erning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;= line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 </span></span>Age-related changes in auditory perception and physiology</p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size= :12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fami= ly:Symbol">=C2=B7<span style=3D"font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-ea= st-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-k= erning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;= line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 </span></span>Animal studies of aging and hearing</p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size= :12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fami= ly:Symbol">=C2=B7<span style=3D"font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-ea= st-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-k= erning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;= line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 </span></span>Aging and speech: production, perception, and understanding</p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size= :12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fami= ly:Symbol">=C2=B7<span style=3D"font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-ea= st-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-k= erning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;= line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 </span></span>Cognition and aging</p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size= :12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fami= ly:Symbol">=C2=B7<span style=3D"font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-ea= st-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-k= erning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;= line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 </span></span>Aging and multisensory perception and processing</p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size= :12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fami= ly:Symbol">=C2=B7<span style=3D"font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-ea= st-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-k= erning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;= line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 </span></span>Access to hearing health care</p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size= :12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fami= ly:Symbol">=C2=B7<span style=3D"font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-ea= st-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-k= erning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;= line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 </span></span>Hearing loss and hearing assistive devices (HA & CI)</p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size= :12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fami= ly:Symbol">=C2=B7<span style=3D"font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-ea= st-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-k= erning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;= line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 </span></span>Technological advances (Pharmaceuticals, AI, and more)</p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-fam= ily:Aptos,sans-serif">=C2=A0</p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-fam= ily:Aptos,sans-serif">The conference will be held at the Eric P. Newman Education Center which is located on the Medical Campus of Washington University in St. Louis. </p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-fam= ily:Aptos,sans-serif">=C2=A0</p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-fam= ily:Aptos,sans-serif">Details concerning the program, costs, registration, = and abstract submission will be coming soon, as well as the conference website.= Abstract submission will open <u>November 15, 2025 and close February 1, 2026</u>. Decisions will be made by March 1, 2026.</p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-fam= ily:Aptos,sans-serif">=C2=A0</p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-fam= ily:Aptos,sans-serif">US Organizing Committee: Mitch Sommers, Kate McClanna= han, Samira Anderson, Matthew Goupell</p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-fam= ily:Aptos,sans-serif">International Organizing Committee: Henrik Danielsson= , Helen Henshaw, Ingrid Johnsrude, Sergi Rotger-Griful, Jerker R=C3=B6nnberg<= /p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-fam= ily:Aptos,sans-serif">=C2=A0</p></div></div> --0000000000004672d20640cbe35e--