Category Archives: Auditory seminars

Auditory Seminar | October 7, 2026 | Prof. Dr. Hartmut Meister, Prof. Dr. Outi Tuomainen, Drs. Ada Biçer

Auditory seminars

Investigations on audiovisual speech perception
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Meister
AG Audiologie, Jean Uhrmacher Institut University of Cologne

Assessing Speaking and Listening Effort and Communication Efficiency in Conversation
Prof. Dr. Outi Tuomainen
Department of Linguistics, University of Potsdam

From voice cues to voice benefit: voice training, intelligibility and listening effort in cochlear implant listening
Drs. Ada Biçer
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, UMCG, University of Groningen

Wednesday, 7 October, 2026
15:45 (CEST)
S3.105, UMCG
Link for online participation: meet.google.com/ira-twdg-fvf
For information and to sign up for the email list, please contact drs. Kateryna Skupovska, k.skupovska@rug.nl

Auditory Seminar: Dr. Christopher Bergevin​ | 17 September, 2026

Auditory seminars
The vertebrate ear is an active linearistic subatomic displacement sensor​
Dr. Christopher Bergevin​

Department of Physics & Astronomy​, York University​, Toronto, ON, Canada​​​​

Thursday, 17 September 2026
11:00–12:00 h

Location: P3.210, 3rd floor UMCG main building

Link for online paricipation: meet.google.com/eij-cveu-xna

For information and to sign up for the email list, please contact drs. Kateryna Skupovska, k.skupovska@umcg.nl

Special double seminar | Tinnitus and Hyperacusis: From Brain Imaging to Treatment Strategies | 14 September 2026

Auditory seminars
Small Sounds, Big Reactions: Findings from fMRI Studies on Sound Tolerance Disorders
Dr. Fatima Husain

Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA

The Erlangen Model of Tinnitus Development: Indications for New Treatment Strategies?
Dr. Holger Schulze

Professor, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Monday, 14 September 2026
15:00–16:00 h

Traversezaal, UMCG

Link for online participation: meet.google.com/uwo-tfhk-fyp

For information and to sign up for the email list, please contact drs. Kateryna Skupovska, k.skupovska@umcg.nl

Auditory seminar on “The role of auditory environment in human cognition and perception: From fundamental auditory cognition to the effects of musical training”, 8 October 2025

Auditory seminars

An auditory seminar on on the occasion of Elif Kaplan’s PhD defense.

The role of auditory environment in human cognition and perception: From fundamental auditory cognition to the effects of musical training

Active interaction shapes auditoryperception and representation
Prof. Fred Dick
University College London, UK

Do musicians have better short-term memory than nonmusicians? A multi-lab study
Dr. Ellie Harding
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen

Prosodically-Driven Spoken Word Recognition: The Influence of Listeners’ Musical Background
Elif Canseza Kaplan, PhD
University Medical Center Groningen
Boğaziçi University, Turkey

Date: Wednesday 8 October 2025
Time: 14:00-16:00
Location: Traversezaal, 3rd UMCG main building
Link: http://meet.google.com/dgo-kdvr-vun

For information and to sign up for the e-mail list please contact drs. Karen Castano, k.castano.gonzalez@umcg.nl

Auditory seminar: Prof. Lina Reiss, 12 June 2025

Auditory seminars

Relative weighting of temporal and place cues for pitch, music, and spoken emotion perception with cochlear implants
Prof. Lina Reiss
Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University

Date: Thursday 12 June 2025
Time: 9:00-10:00
Location: Dormitorium W4.002 (4th floor, UMCG main building)
Link:  https://meet.google.com/dgo-kdvr-vun

For information and to sign up for the email list, please contact drs. Karen Castaño González, k.castano.gonzalez@umcg.nl

Auditory seminar: Prof. Toshio Irino, 10 June 2025

Auditory seminars

Effects of hearing loss on speech emotion discrimination in older adults – Experiments using a hearing loss simulator, WHIS
Prof. Toshio Irino
Wakayama University

Date: Tuesday 10 June 2025
Time: 13:30-14:30
Location: Traversezaal, UMCG
Link: https://meet.google.com/dgo-kdvr-vun

For information and to sign up for the email list, please contact drs. Karen Castaño González, k.castano.gonzalez@umcg.nl

Auditory seminar: Dr. Paul Avan, 13 February 2025

Auditory seminars

Pressure homeostasis in the membranous labyrinth: Old issues and new models
Dr. Paul Avan
University of Clermont Auvergne, France

Co-author: Idir Djennaoui
University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

Date: Thursday 13 February 2025
Time: 09:00-10:00
Location: W4.002 (Dormitorium), UMCG
Link: https://meet.google.com/stn-wspk-idh

For information and to sign up for the email list, please contact drs. Karen Castaño González, k.castano.gonzalez@umcg.nl