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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">If you missed Yasmeen Hamza’s recent ISL Brown Bag talk, you now can catch it on the ISL Blog:</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">She spoke about her research into “Hearing and Cognition: Beyond Hearing Loss.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Dr. Hamza, M.D., Ph.D., is a Faculty Affiliate of the Institute for Successful Longevity, Assistant Professor in the School of Communication Science & Disorders
and Director of FSU’s<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Hearing, Speech, and Cognition Lab, where her<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">research aims
to assess and understand the impact of auditory problems (hearing loss, tinnitus, auditory processing disorders) on speech perception, language development, and other cognitive capacities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Her research aims at identifying the association between different hearing aspects and the risk of cognitive decline.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Bill Edmonds, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#782F40">Institute for Successful Longevity<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#782F40">Florida State University<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">850-933-7960<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:btedmond@fsu.edu">btedmond@fsu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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