Location: McKinley Hall, Room 107, reception to follow in McKinley Hall, Room 102.

Please join the Regional Institute on Aging (RIA) and the Women of Wichita State University (WWSU) for a talk in the RIA colloquium and conversation series. Dr. Nina Kraus will discuss her research demonstrating how the sound people interact with impacts their brains throughout their lifespan with a particular focus on how it impacts them as they age.

Kraus is the Hugh Knowles Professor of Communication Sciences, Neurobiology, and Otolaryngology at Northwestern University. Her research has found that our lives in sound, for better (musicians, bilinguals) and for worse (concussion, hearing loss, language disorders, noise), shape how our brain makes sense of the sounds we hear. Her book, "Of Sound Mind - How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World," was written for the intellectually curious.

Kraus advocates for biologically informed choices in education, health, and society. For more information, visit brainvolts.northwestern.edu.