{"id":278,"date":"2022-11-16T11:13:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T11:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aburlab.web.rug.nl\/?page_id=278"},"modified":"2026-04-15T21:19:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T21:19:19","slug":"news-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aburlab.web.rug.nl\/index.php\/news-events\/","title":{"rendered":"News & Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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New paper<\/strong> \u201cAerodynamic and acoustic characteristics of nasal airflow in Parkinson\u2019s disease” was published in Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Sciences<\/em>. Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The lab hosted Dr. Birtan Demirel<\/strong> (Brain Network Dynamics Unit, University of Oxford) who spoke to us about novel approaches to reducing stuttering in a presentation setting, including the findings from a recent paper<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Defne Abur<\/strong> gave a talk about our research on Parkinson’s as part of the public lecture series in Groningen, organized by the Young Academy Groningen<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Here are some resources to learn more about Parkinson’s and current initiatives: via Parkinson’s Europe<\/a>, Parkinson’s Foundation<\/a>, Parkinson Nederland<\/a>, and Parkison Vereniging<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New paper<\/strong> \u201cKinematic and Acoustic Responses to Predictable and Unexpected Auditory Feedback Perturbations in Speakers with and without Parkinson\u2019s disease” was published in the Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Sciences. <\/em>Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The lab hosted Dr. Jamal Williams<\/strong> (Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) who gave a public lecture in Groningen and a research talk at the Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences Research School. Both talks focused on how music plays a role in memory<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Viivi Kanerva<\/strong>, a PhD researcher and speech-language pathologist in the Department of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology (Turku, Finland), has joined the lab for 5 month research visit – welcome Viivi!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lab members attended the BCN Annual Members’ Day: Influencing the Brain: how thoughts and feelings are shaped by actions and experiences<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samira Barzegar<\/strong> also presented her work on tACS and speech motor control<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our first lab event of 2026 was Thomas Tienkamp’s PhD defense, congratulations to Dr. Tienkamp<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Valentine Lucquiault <\/strong>and Samira Barzegar<\/strong> presented their research at the Dutch Society for Brain and Cognition Winter Conference in Egmond aan Zee<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Katharina Polsterer <\/strong>and Valentine Lucquiault<\/strong> presented their research at the the Psycholinguistique & Neurolinguistique Meeting in Li\u00e8ge  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Defne Abur<\/strong> gave a talk about our research at the University of Zurich’s Phonetics & Speech Sciences colloquium<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The University of Groningen hosted the first symposium for the ENLIGHT network consortium <\/a>on aging, where lab member Valentine Lucquiault <\/strong>gave a talk about her research on voice and aging, and lab members gave tours of the research van.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The lab welcomes Susanna Girino as a PhD researcher<\/strong>! She will lead a collaborative project with Dr. Riemer Vegter at the University Medical Center Groningen on motor learning and control in Parkinson’s disease. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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New paper<\/strong> “Reference-free automatic speech severity evaluation with principal components” was published in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing<\/em>. Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Members of the lab working on voice projects attended the Interdisciplinary Voice <\/strong>meeting, with presentations and discussions across a wide range in disciplines – all focused on the voice! Thank you to the organizers for a great conference.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lab members attended the Noorderzon 2025 festival<\/strong> with the SPRAAKLAB team! Activities included seeing your tongue move with an ultrasound device and participating in a speech research experiment.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Thomas Tienkamp <\/strong>presented his work on Articulatory clarity and variability before and after surgery for tongue cancer<\/em> at Interspeech 2025<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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New paper<\/strong> “Convergent evidence for a pitch deficit in hyperfunctional voice disorders” was published in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America \u2013 Express Letters<\/em>. Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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NWO PhD in the Humanities Grant received funding<\/strong>
<\/strong>Excited to announce that our grant Speech Rhythm, do we move to our own beat?<\/em> was funded and Valentine Lucquiault <\/mark>will lead the project and continue in the lab as a PhD researcher! Read about all the funded projects here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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New paper in the Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The findings report assessments of speech (acoustic, perceptual, self-reported, and kinematic measures) after surgical treatment for oral cancer, led by Thomas Tienkamp. Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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June 2025<\/o-anim-typing><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lab members organized and presented at the international Advances in Quantitative Laryngology, Voice, and Speech Research conference<\/strong> in Groningen June 24 – 27th!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thomas Tienkamp<\/strong> presented his doctoral project Sibilant Differentiation Following Tongue Cancer Surgery: Evidence from Longitudinal Articulatory-Kinematics 6- And 12-Months Post-Surgery<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Irene de Nijs<\/strong> presented her master’s internship project Voice Cepstral Peak Prominence Metrics by Age, Sex, And Pre-Processing Method<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Valentine Lucquiault<\/strong> presented her master thesis work on Sensorimotor Control of Vocal Pitch Across Age<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lab members presented at TABU Dag<\/strong> on June 12th and 13th!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Samira Barzegar<\/strong> won the Best Poster Award<\/strong> for her minor thesis on using tACS for vocal control<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Irene de Nijs<\/strong> presented her thesis work on Longitudinal assessment of articulatory-kinematic variability in individuals surgically treated for tongue cancer<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Defne Abur gave a keynote lecture at the Ben Feringa Impact Awards<\/strong>. Read more about the award and this years winners here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lab members joined the SPRAAKLAB team at the Expeditie Next festival in Roermond<\/strong>. Activities included a quiz on speech science, looking at your tongue with an ultrasound machine, and the Speech Lab’s Dutch dialect-based board game.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Thomas Tienkamp participated in a panel at the 2025 International Conference on Linguistics Communication<\/em> <\/strong>about taking research on the road. During the panel, Thomas shared the lab’s initiatives and best practices on bringing speech science to the public<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Defne Abur gave a lecture at the Auditory Seminar <\/strong>at the University Medical Center Groningen<\/strong> in the Otorhinolaryngology Department on auditory-motor control in voice disorders<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our project on Sensorimotor control of vocal pitch in congenital amusia<\/em> with Teja Rebernik, Valentine Lucquiault, Defne Abur, and Jasmin Pfiefer was accepted to the 18th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition<\/strong><\/strong> as a podium presentation<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The lab got a new Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) device<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Miles Wischnewski and Defne Abur <\/strong>received the Seed Grant Award<\/strong> at the winter meting for the Research School for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences (BCN). Their collaborative project will assess how transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) can influence vocal motor control.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Samira Barzegar won the Best Poster Award<\/strong> at the winter meting for the Research School for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences (BCN)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Thomas Tienkamp<\/strong> participated in a panel for innovative science communication<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Tienkamp attended the Grote Taaldag as part of a panel on innovative science communication. Alongside two other early career researchers, he shared insights on the rewards and challenges of scientific outreach. Thomas highlighted the lab\u2019s efforts to bring speech science to the public through interactive activities at (music) festivals.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Thomas Tienkamp’s research featured in Het Parool newspaper <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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New paper in the International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about this systematic review on articulatory-kinematic changes in speech following oral and oropharyngeal cancer led by Thomas Tienkamp here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lab members attended the “Patients in Research” Symposium<\/strong> at the University of Groningen Medical Center. The event featured discussions with patients, clinicians, and researchers on best practices to organize and implement patient involvement in a meaningful way in research.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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ENLIGHT project receives funding<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project involves team members across 6 institutions: University of Galway, University of Tartu, University of the Basque Country, University of Groningen, University of Ghent, and the University of Bern. The overarching goal is to consolidate interdisciplinary expertise in research, education, and community engagement in the field of ageing to develop publicly informed activities to increase health and well-being of our ageing society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Speech Biosignal Processing Lab will contribute research on speech and cognitive factors in aging to the project as part of the University of Groningen team.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our collaborative work with Miles Wischnewski on functionally-relevant neural oscillations for voice has been accepted to the 6th International Brain Stimulation Conference<\/strong>!
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