Mitchell Sommers

Mitchell Sommers is a Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Washington University. His research focuses on speech perception and auditory processing in young individuals, the elderly, and those with Alzheimer's disease, examining cognitive and psychoacoustic factors influencing spoken language abilities. He also studies cochlear implants and auditory-visual integration.

Education: PhD, University of Michigan; BS, Georgetown University.

Key research areas include: speech perception across populations, cognitive aging, auditory neuroscience, and second language acquisition. Recent publications (2004-2005) address false memory in aging populations, visual speech processing, and acoustic variability in language learning.

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