2007 Auditory System and Graduate Research Seminar

描述（由申请人提供）：第一届戈登听觉系统研究会议（GRC）将于2008年6月29日至7月4日在新罕布什尔州新伦敦的科尔比索耶学院举行。耳聋、听力障碍或耳鸣是影响美国10%以上人口的主要健康问题。听觉处理受损也与主要的发展性脑残疾有关，包括发展性阅读障碍，据估计，美国有10-15%的儿童患有这种疾病。在过去的十年中，在理解听力和听觉系统可塑性的基本生物学机制、确定人类耳聋的遗传基础、以及描述与发展性阅读障碍和其他发育和交流障碍相关的听觉处理缺陷方面取得了重大进展。目前的主要挑战之一是将该领域从动物和人类研究中获得的详细知识转化为有效的治疗策略。听觉系统GRC的主要目标是将世界领先的听觉科学家和初级研究者聚集在一起，介绍和讨论听觉科学领域的当前关键问题。听觉系统GRC填补了相对小型和跨学科会议的需求，该会议将在非正式环境中为激烈的跨学科讨论提供论坛。这将鼓励创新的跨学科合作，有助于确定在未来研究中需要解决的关键问题，并促进在基础科学和转化水平上形成新的概念框架。为了大力鼓励年轻科学家的参与，听觉系统GRC将伴随着戈登-凯南听觉神经科学研究生/博士后研究研讨会（GKGRS）。戈登听觉系统研究会议（GRC）将汇集世界领先的听觉科学家和学生，提供一个跨学科论坛，将促进听觉领域从动物研究中获得的知识转化为有效的人类治疗策略。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The first Gordon Research Conference (GRC) dedicated to the Auditory System will take place from June 29 - July 4, 2008 at Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire. Deafness, auditory impairment, or tinnitus are major health issues affecting more than 10% of the population in the US. Impaired auditory processing is also associated with major developmental brain disabilities including developmental dyslexia, which is estimated to affect 10-15% of children in the US. The past decade has seen major progress in understanding the basic biological mechanisms of hearing and auditory system plasticity, in determining the genetic basis of deafness in humans, and in characterizing the deficits in auditory processing that are associated with developmental dyslexia and other developmental and communicative disabilities. One of the major challenges now lies in translating the detailed knowledge the field has gained from animal and human studies into effective treatment strategies. The major goal of the Auditory System GRC is to bring together world-leading auditory scientists and junior investigators to present and discuss current key issues in the field of auditory science. The Auditory System GRC fills the need for a relatively small-size and interdisciplinary meeting that will provide a forum for intense cross-disciplinary discussion in an informal setting. This will encourage innovative cross-disciplinary collaborations, help to identify critical key issues that need to be addressed in future research, and facilitate the formulation of new conceptual frameworks on both a basic science as well as on a translational level. To strongly encourage the participation of junior scientists, the Auditory System GRC will be accompanied by a Gordon-Kenan Graduate/Postdoc Research Seminar (GKGRS) on auditory neuroscience. The Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on the Auditory System will bring together world-leading auditory scientists and students to provide an interdisciplinary forum that will foster the translation of knowledge that the auditory field has gained from animal studies into effective treatment strategies for humans.