Join us for the first AST Speaker Series event of 2018 with guest speakers from Baycrest! This talk is titled, "Mind Your Hearing: The link between our ears, the brain, and dementia." You will learn about:

• How aging affects the way we process sound

• How to get help for hearing loss

• How to protect your hearing

• Hearing loss as a risk factor for dementia

Guest Speakers:

Marilyn Reed is a Practice Advisor with Baycrest’s Audiology Department and an instructor with the University of Toronto’s Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Rehabilitation Sciences.

Dr. Claude Alain is a Senior Scientist at Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute who studies the brain in relation to hearing and an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Medical Science and the Department of Psychology.