Department of Physics & Astronomy, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
Location: P3.210, 3rd floor UMCG main building
Link for online paricipation: meet.google.com/eij-cveu-xna
Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
Professor, Friedrich-Alexander-
Traversezaal, UMCG
Link for online participation: meet.google.
Improving ecological validity in Speech‑in‑Noise testing through integrated clinical‑research efforts
Dr. Theo Goverts
Pento Speech and Hearing Centers
Date: Thursday, 18 June 2026
Time: 10:00-11:00
Location: P3.210, UMCG
Link: meet.google.com/rvh-cufx-gva
For information and to sign up for the email list, please contact drs. Kateryna Skupovska, k.skupovska@umcg.nl
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
Nelleke Jansen will defend her PhD Thesis “In tune: Exploring the role of musical abilities in second-language prosodic processing and production”.
Co-supervised with Prof. Wander Lowie, Dr. Hanneke Loerts, and Dr. Ellie Harding.
Musical neurodynamics
Dr. Ellie Harding
University of Groningen
Date: Thursday 3 July 2025
Time: 09:00-10:00
Location: T3.236, 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
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/