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National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders 20th Anniversary Symposium October 23, 2008 Natcher Conference Center National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 8:00a.m. Registration Coffee Music by Yew Choong Cheong, Pianist 8:30a.m. Welcome James F. Battey, Jr., M.D., Ph.D. Director, NIDCD 8:40a.m. Opening Remarks Raynard S. Kington, M.D., Ph.D. Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health 8:45a.m. Videotaped Remarks U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) 8:50a.m. As Time Goes By: A Population Perspective on Hearing in Aging Karen J. Cruickshanks, Ph.D. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Population Health Sciences University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health 9:20 a.m. In An Instant Lee Woodruff Wife of ABC news anchor/reporter Bob Woodruff, who was seriously injured by a roadside bomb that struck his vehicle and suffered a traumatic brain injury. The Woodruffs have a daughter who is hearing-impaired. Hearing and Balance Research 9:50 a.m. Biophysics, Genes, and Structure: An Integrated Understanding of the Inner Ear David P. Corey, Ph.D. Department of Neurobiology Harvard Medical School 10:20 a.m. Childhood Development after Cochlear Implantation John K. Niparko, M.D. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 10:50 a.m. Health Break in room E1 and E2 (across from auditorium) Visit the Professional Organization Resource Tables Light refreshments 11:10 a.m. Music Lost and Found Music by Richard Reed, Rock-and-Roll/R&B musician and cochlear implant wearer Smell and Taste Research 11:40 a.m. Internal Representations of the Olfactory World Richard Axel, M.D. Howard Hughes Medical Institute Columbia University 12:05 p.m. The Chemical Senses and Human Health: Food and the Environment Gary K. Beauchamp, Ph.D. Monell Chemical Senses Center 12:35 – 1:35 p.m. Lunch – Natcher Conference Center Lunch on your own or option to buy a lunch voucher during registration Voice, Speech and Language Research 1:35 p.m. Language Across the Life Span: Improving Lives in the 21st Century Helen Tager-Flusberg, Ph.D. Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology Boston University School of Medicine 2:05 p.m. Progress and Prospects in Research on Speech Perception Robert E. Remez, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Columbia University 2:35 p.m. Closing Remarks James F. Battey, Jr., M.D., Ph.D. Director, NIDCD 2:40 – 4:00 p.m. NIDCD Intramural Scientific Posters/Meet the speakers Light refreshments Music by Yew Choong Cheong, Pianist Updated September 5, 2008 Top				For more information, contact Lonnie Lisle Public Affairs Specialist 301-496-7243 lislel@mail.nih.gov

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