Ann Clock Eddins, Ph.D., M.B.A., CCC-A is Professor and Director of the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Central Florida. She is a fellow of the American Speech Language Hearing Association and the National Academies of Practice. Her research is aimed at understanding the neural bases of auditory perception and neural plasticity with aging, hearing loss, and rehabilitative intervention. Her research has been funded by NIH, NSF, private foundations and industry.