Aging and Speech Communication: A Research Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案为2005年10月23日至26日在印第安纳大学举行的题为“老龄化与言语交流”的国际跨学科研究会议寻求资助。会议的主要目的是汇集世界各地在感觉知觉处理，特别是听觉和认知处理领域工作的研究人员，分享他们在衰老和语言交流方面的最新研究成果。语音交流是一种能力，既包括声音信息的感官编码，也包括高级认知中心对这些信息的处理。众所周知，衰老会影响周围的听觉和一些认知功能，这些功能可能对理解周围退化的听觉输入至关重要。在每个领域工作的科学家都从他们各自的角度来看待这个问题，往往不能完全理解或理解那些从相反的角度看待同一个问题的人所提供的问题和信息。本次研究会议旨在弥合“自上而下”和“自下而上”研究团体成员之间的差距，以解决老年人语言交流的特殊问题。希望通过这样做，对问题复杂性的新见解可能会导致改善老年人语言交流的新方法。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The present proposal seeks funding for an international and interdisciplinary research conference entitled, Aging and Speech Communication, to be held at Indiana University, October 23-26, 2005. The primary purpose of the conference is to bring together researchers working around the world in the areas of sensory perceptual processing, especially hearing, and cognitive processing to share their latest research findings with regard to aging and speech communication. Speech communication is an ability that involves both sensory encoding of acoustic information and the processing of that information by higher cognitive centers. Aging is known to impact both the peripheral sense of hearing and some cognitive functions that may be critical to making sense of the peripherally degraded auditory input. Scientists working in each area have been approaching this problem from their respective perspectives, often not fully appreciating or understanding the issues and information available from those viewing the same problem from the opposite perspective. This research conference seeks to bridge that gap between the members of the "top-down" and "bottom-up" research communities to address this special problem of speech communication in older adults. It is hoped that by doing so new Insights into the complex nature of the problem might lead to novel approaches to the improvement of speech communication in older adults.