[First Reminder] Abstract Submission Open: Conference on Cognition, Aging, and Speech Communication (CASC), St. Louis, MO, May 6-9, 2026 (Matthew Joseph Goupell )

Subject: [First Reminder] Abstract Submission Open: Conference on Cognition, Aging, and Speech Communication (CASC), St. Louis, MO, May 6-9, 2026 From: Matthew Joseph Goupell <goupell@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:16:00 -0500 --00000000000070c2bc0648d4f7be Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable *Abstract Submission Open: Conference on Cognition, Aging, and Speech Communication (CASC), St. Louis, MO, May 6-9, 2026* <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sites.wustl.edu/casc/__;!!BDUfV1Et5lrp= ZQ!Tr6N86nKPmFHVmhVYfr5YiRNcD5qzjxVWnrMzSQLtFf4L0b3PwmhD54TJydCneVluf3tXyEA= w3aFkp7DK-Y$ > Dear Auditory List, *Abstract submission and conference registration are now open* for the *Conference on Cognition, Aging, and Speech Communication (CASC)* <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sites.wustl.edu/casc/__;!!BDUfV1Et5lrp= ZQ!Tr6N86nKPmFHVmhVYfr5YiRNcD5qzjxVWnrMzSQLtFf4L0b3PwmhD54TJydCneVluf3tXyEA= w3aFkp7DK-Y$ >! CASC is the merging of 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 *Conference Information* The conference will be held at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, *May 6-9, 2026*. The primary goal of this conference is to continue a series of exceptional international and interdisciplinary research conferences that address speech-communication challenges in older adults. CASC will be held at the Eric P. Newman Education Center located on the Medical Campus of Washington University in St. Louis. The conference website <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sites.wustl.edu/casc/__;!!BDUfV1Et5lrp= ZQ!Tr6N86nKPmFHVmhVYfr5YiRNcD5qzjxVWnrMzSQLtFf4L0b3PwmhD54TJydCneVluf3tXyEA= w3aFkp7DK-Y$ > contains details about the program, costs, registration, and abstract submission. Important dates: - Abstract submission closes: *March 1, 2026* *(note the later deadline)* - Abstract decisions: By *March 15, 2026* *(note the later deadline)* - Travel award and childcare request decisions: By *March 15, 2026* The 2026 conference is organized around eight themes: - Age-related changes in auditory perception and physiology - Animal studies of aging and hearing - Aging and speech: production, perception, and understanding - Cognition and aging - Aging and multisensory perception and processing - Access to hearing health care - Hearing loss and hearing assistive devices (HA & CI) - Technological advances (Pharmaceuticals, AI, and more) *Who should come to CASC?* - The conference is intended for any individual interested in age-related changes in speech perception, production, and understanding.= It is appropriate for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, and other scientists working in the fields of aging, cognition, and communication sciences and disorders. - Previous attendees to any Cognitive Hearing Science for Communication (CHSCOM) - Previous attendees to any Aging and Speech Communication (ASC) conference - Attendees of American Auditory Society, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Neurobiology of Language, Acoustical Society of America, Hearing Across the Lifespan, and other similar conferences *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 *CASC Scientific Advisory Board*: Stefanie Kuchinsky, Monita Chatterjee, Rebecca Bennett, Natalie Phillips, Kelly Harris --00000000000070c2bc0648d4f7be Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:"tr= ebuchet ms",sans-serif"></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"fo= nt-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><a href=3D"https://urldefens= e.com/v3/__https://sites.wustl.edu/casc/__;!!BDUfV1Et5lrpZQ!Tr6N86nKPmFHVmh= VYfr5YiRNcD5qzjxVWnrMzSQLtFf4L0b3PwmhD54TJydCneVluf3tXyEAw3aFkp7DK-Y$" styl= e=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Abstract Submission Open: Conference on Cognition, Aging, and Speech Communication (CASC), St. Louis, MO, May 6-9, 2026</a></div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio= n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig= in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">=C2=A0 <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio= n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig= in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">=C2=A0 <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio= n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig= in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear Auditory List, </= span> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio= n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig= in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">=C2=A0 <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio= n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig= in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Abstract submission and conference registration are now open for the </s= pan><a href=3D"https://urldefense.c= om/v3/__https://sites.wustl.edu/casc/__;!!BDUfV1Et5lrpZQ!Tr6N86nKPmFHVmhVYf= r5YiRNcD5qzjxVWnrMzSQLtFf4L0b3PwmhD54TJydCneVluf3tXyEAw3aFkp7DK-Y$"><spa= n style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Conference on Cognition, Aging,= and Speech Communication (CASC)</a>! CASC is the merging of the conference on =E2=80=9CAging and Speech Communic= ation=E2=80=9D and the conference on =E2=80=9CCognitive Hearing Science for Communication.=E2= =80=9D</= span> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio= n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig= in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">=C2=A0 <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio= n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig= in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">=C2=A0 <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio= n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig= in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Conference Information <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio= n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig= in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The conference will be held at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, May 6-9, 2026= . The primary goal of this conference is to continue a series of exceptional international and interdisciplinary research conferences that address speech-communication challenges in older adults.=C2=A0 <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio= n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig= in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">=C2=A0 <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio= n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig= in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">CASC will be held at the Eric P. Newman Education Center located on the Medical Campus of Washington University in St. Louis. The <a href=3D"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sites.wustl.edu/= casc/__;!!BDUfV1Et5lrpZQ!Tr6N86nKPmFHVmhVYfr5YiRNcD5qzjxVWnrMzSQLtFf4L0b3Pw= mhD54TJydCneVluf3tXyEAw3aFkp7DK-Y$">conference website</a> contains details about the progr= am, costs, registration, and abstract submission. <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio= n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig= in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">=C2=A0 <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio= n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig= in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Important dates:</= p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-posit= ion:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-or= igin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:= 11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><ul><li>Abstract sub= mission closes: March 1, 2026<sp= an style=3D"color:black;font-size:12pt"> (note the later deadline)</li><li>Abstract decisions: By March 15, 2026 (note the later deadline)</li><li>Travel award and childcare request decisions: By March 15, 2026</li></ul><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"marg= in:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;b= ackground-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;= background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,s= ans-serif"></sp= an> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio= n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig= in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">=C2=A0 <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio= n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig= in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The 2026 conference is organized around eight themes:<p class=3D"MsoNorma= l" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background= -size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;backgroun= d-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial= ,sans-serif"><ul><li>Age-related changes= in auditory perception and physiology</li><li>Animal studies of aging and hearing</li><li>Aging and speech: pro= duction, perception, and understanding</li><li>Cognition and aging</li><li>Aging an= d multisensory perception and processing</li><li>Acc= ess to hearing health care</li><li>He= aring loss and hearing assistive devices (HA & CI)</li><li>Technological advances (Pharmaceuticals, AI, and more)</li></ul> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio= n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig= in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">=C2=A0 <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio= n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig= in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">=C2=A0 <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio= n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig= in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Who should come to CASC?<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"back= ground-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;ba= ckground-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;m= argin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></p= ><ul><li>The conference is intended for any individual interested in age-related changes in speech perception, production, and understanding. It is appropriate for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, and other scientists working in the fields of aging, cognition, and communication sciences and disorders.</span= ></li><li>Previous attendees to any Cognitive Hearing Science for Communication (CHSCOM)</li><li><sp= an style=3D"color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-ser= if">Previous attendees to any Aging and Speech Communication (ASC) conference</li><li>A= ttendees of American Auditory Society, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Neurobiology = of Language, Acoustical Society of America, Hearing Across the Lifespan, and o= ther similar conferences</li></ul> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio= n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig= in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">=C2=A0 <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio= n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig= in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">=C2=A0 <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio= n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig= in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">US Organizing Committee: Mitch Sommers, Kate McClannahan, Samira Anderson, Matthew Goupell <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio= n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig= in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">International Organizing Committee: Henrik Danielsson, Helen Henshaw, Ingrid Johnsrude, Sergi Rotger-Griful, Jerker R=C3=B6nnberg = <= /p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio= n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig= in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">CASC Scientific Advisory Board: Stefanie Kuchinsky, Monita Chatterjee,=C2=A0Rebecca Bennett, Natalie Phillips, Kelly Harris =C2=A0 </sp= an></div> --00000000000070c2bc0648d4f7be--

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