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
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-motor integration in typical and disordered speech
Dr. Defne Abur
University of Groningen
Date: Thursday 3 April 2025
Time: 09:00-10:00
Location: W4.002 (Dormitorium), 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
Call for applicants
The Voice Communication Sciences (VoCS) Training Network is offering 19 doctoral positions – a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in research while contributing to innovative projects in the Voice Sciences field.
VoCS is a 4-year project funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Framework program under the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. This international consortium brings together 22 academic and non-academic partners across 12 countries to shape the future of cognitive neuroscience, acoustics, phonetics, and computing science.
Applications are open from 1 February until 16 March 2025
Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed in April 2025
For details about the positions and how to apply, visit the project website: https://www.vocs.eu.com/
Pressure homeostasis in the membranous labyrinth: Old issues and new models
Dr. Paul Avan
University of Clermont Auvergne, 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
An auditory seminar on robots and audiology, with a fantastic line-up of speakers: Debi Vickers, Praminda Caleb-Solly, Fokie Cnossen, and Luke Meyer!
Human-centered robotics
Fokie Cnossen, PhD
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Spatial hearing training using virtual reality games for young bilateral cochlear implant users: The BEARS approach
Deborah Vickers, PhD
Cambridge University
Sensing for change: The opportunities and challenges for embodied AI to realise safe and adaptive assistive robots
Praminda Caleb-Solley, PhD
University of Nottingham
Investigating the feasibility of a NAO robot in audiology
ir. Luke Meyer
Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
Date: Wednesday 20 November 2024
Time: 13:30-15:30
Location: W4.002 Onderwijscentrum, UMCG
Link: https://meet.google.com/grg-cijg-fuj
For information and to sign up for the e-mail list please contact drs. Karen Castano, k.castano.gonzalez@umcg.nl
Enhancing musical experiences for children with diverse hearing abilities using vibrotactile feedback and interactive training tools
Francesco Ganis
Aalborg University
Date: Tuesday 18 June 2024
Time: 14:00-15:00
Location: P3.270, UMCG
Link: https://meet.google.com/dhq-rwnr-bge
For information and to sign up for the email list please contact drs. Karen Castaño González, k.castano.gonzalez@umcg.nl
A birdsong perspective on neural and behavioral mechanisms for auditory-vocal processing
Dr. Sanne Moorman
Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences Faculty of Science and Engineering
University of Groningen
Date: Thursday, 11 July 2024
Time: 9:00-10:00
Location: Dormitorium W4.002, UMCG
For information and to sign up for the e-mail list please contact drs. Karen Castaño González, k.castano.gonzalez@umcg.nl
From the Ear to the Brain and Back: Rethinking the Neural Code for Sound
Dr. Laurel Carney
Marylou Ingram Professor in Biomedical Engineering
Departments of Biomedical Engineering,
Neuroscience, Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY, USA
Date: Thursday 11 April 2024
Time: 9:00-10:00
Location: W4.002 (Dormitorium), UMCG
Link: Teams meeting link
For information and to sign up for the email list please contact drs. Karen Castaño González, k.castano.gonzalez@umcg.nl
Sensory illusions in the auditory system: putative mechanisms
Dr. Arnaud Norena
Aix Marseille Université
Date: Thursday 14 March 2024
Time: 09:00-10:00
Location: W4.002 (Dormitorium), UMCG
Link: https://meet.google.com/htz-jbtd-crr
For information and to sign up for the e-mail list please contact drs. Karen Castaño González, k.castano.gonzalez@umcg.nl