Free News in Brief | February 01, 2018 U of Maryland Receives $8 Million to Research Hearing Loss, Brain Function Author Notes © 2018 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Article Information Hearing Disorders / News in Brief News in Brief | February 01, 2018 U of Maryland Receives $8 Million to Research Hearing Loss, Brain Function The ASHA Leader, February 2018, Vol. 23, 16. doi:10.1044/leader.NIB5.23022018.16 The ASHA Leader, February 2018, Vol. 23, 16. doi:10.1044/leader.NIB5.23022018.16 View Article Figures Tables Supplemental Data Supplements Multimedia Share Email Twitter Facebook Pinterest Tools Get Citation Citation U of Maryland Receives $8 Million to Research Hearing Loss, Brain Function. The ASHA Leader, 23(2), 16. doi: 10.1044/leader.NIB5.23022018.16. Download citation file: RIS (Zotero) EndNote BibTex Medlars ProCite RefWorks Reference Manager © 2018 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association × Alerts User Alerts You are adding an alert for: U of Maryland Receives $8 Million to Research Hearing Loss, Brain Function You will receive an email whenever this article is corrected, updated, or cited in the literature. You can manage this and all other alerts in My Account The alert will be sent to: Confirm × Sign In or Create a free account to receive alerts. × The National Institute on Aging has awarded $8 million over five years to University of Maryland (UMd) researchers to fund three investigations on age-related hearing loss and brain function. “The effects of hearing loss are not only the incapacity to understand speech and hear it, but it can lead to isolation [and] depression, and there are also connections between hearing loss and cognitive decline,” says UMd professor Sandra Gordon-Salant, lead investigator. “The overall goal of this project is to help people with age-related hearing loss by training their brains to process speech better.” The investigators hope the projects help older adults “compensate for hearing changes that occur with aging beyond the ear,” says Samira Anderson, UMd assistant professor. “Some problems aren’t simply not being able to hear, but not being able to process it well either.” The first research project will look at speech and noise in the auditory cortex to determine if engaged—or active—listening can improve speech recognition. The second project will identify strategies to help people process acoustic signals—such as rapid speech—which becomes more difficult with age. In the third project, researchers will monitor the brain activity of older listeners who have difficulty understanding speech in loud environments. The participants will complete a series of simulated video exercises with varying levels of noise, trying to determine what speakers are saying. In all projects, researchers will test young adults with normal hearing, adults older than 65 with normal hearing, and adults older than 65 with hearing loss. 0 Comments Submit a Comment Submit A Comment Name Comment Title Comment Could not validate captcha. Please try again. You have entered an invalid code Submit Cancel Thank you for submitting a comment on this article. Close This feature is available to Subscribers Only Sign In or Create an Account × FROM THIS ISSUE February 2018 Volume 23, Issue 2 ‹ Issue › ADVERTISING DISCLAIMER|ADVERTISE WITH US Related Articles Members Making News The ASHA Leader, December 2016, Vol. 21, 22. doi:10.1044/leader.PPL.21122016.22 Building Early Vocabulary in Kids With Hearing LossHow can clinicians effectively partner with parents to increase early vocabulary knowledge in children with hearing loss? Emily Lund is searching for answers. The ASHA Leader, October 2017, Vol. 22, online only. doi:10.1044/leader.FQ.22102017.np Boosting Speech Perception for Kids With Hearing LossAndrea Dunn is researching the functional impact of hearing loss in children and ways to improve speech perception ability. The ASHA Leader, August 2017, Vol. 22, online only. doi:10.1044/leader.FQ.22082017.np Speech-Processing Fatigue in People With Hearing LossBenjamin Hornsby looks at speech-understanding difficulties of adults and children with hearing loss and how these difficulties affect their quality of life. The ASHA Leader, February 2017, Vol. 22, online only. doi:10.1044/leader.FQ.22022017.np How Aging Affects Speech Understanding in the Presence of Competing SpeechThis presentation describes research regarding factors that exacerbate or help to mitigate the difficulty older adults experience understanding speech in the presence of competing talkers. CREd Library, November 2016, Vol. 1, No Pagination Specified. doi:10.1044/cred-pvd-c16003 ADVERTISING DISCLAIMER|ADVERTISE WITH US Related Topics Hearing Disorders