2007 Auditory System and Graduate Research Seminar

描述(由申请人提供)：首届戈登研究会议(GRC)将于2008年6月29日至7月4日在新罕布夏州新伦敦的科尔比-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。听觉处理障碍也与包括发育性阅读障碍在内的主要发育性大脑残疾有关，据估计，在美国有10%-15%的儿童受到影响。在过去的十年里，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，以及表征与发育性阅读障碍和其他发育和沟通障碍有关的听觉加工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体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人员聚集在一起，介绍和讨论当前听觉科学领域的关键问题。听觉系统GRC满足了对相对较小规模和跨学科会议的需求，该会议将为非正式环境中激烈的跨学科讨论提供一个论坛。这将鼓励创新的跨学科合作，有助于确定在今后的研究中需要解决的关键问题，并促进在基础科学和翻译层面上制定新的概念框架。为了大力鼓励初级科学家的参与，GRC将与戈登-凯南研究生/博士后研究研讨会(GKGRS)一起举办关于听觉神经科学的研讨会。关于听觉系统的戈登研究会议(GRC)将汇聚世界领先的听觉科学家和学生，提供一个跨学科的论坛，促进将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.