Webinar Marlies Gillis

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Invitation Research Webinar ExpORL, Dept. Neurosciences Neural tracking evaluated over different populations and over different language representations. Marlies Gillis When? Wednesday, 16 September 2020, 14:00 Online access The research webinar can be accessed through the following link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72820189963?pwd=QzJVRmpJRWRUZGVPSjc3SkhsU0pLUT09 Meeting ID: 728 2018 9963 Passcode: 2gz7Hy Abstract In this research seminar, I would like to focus on 2 recent findings. Firstly, we found that the latency of the neural responses might play an important role in understanding the neural basis of a hearing loss. As the severity of the degree of hearing loss increases, this latency of the neural responses increases as well. This might indicate that persons with a hearing loss show decreased efficiency in neural processing of speech. Secondly, we concluded that higher level language features can be tracked in Dutch short stories. Moreover, we showed that these responses are similar across stories with different context and different speakers. This suggests that the responses to these higher level language features resemble higher level language processes in the brain. Please reply to this email if you are planning to attend the presentation. In order to comply with current Covid-19 regulations, this research seminar has been converted to a webinar. Only the supervisory committee and the presenting PhD student are allowed to attend the seminar in person, if it is desirable. Thank you for your understanding. Copyright KU Leuven

Webinar Wouter David - 28 August 2020

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Invitation Research Webinar ExpORL, Dept. Neurosciences TEMPEST framework: neural tracking to stimuli with speech-relevant temporal envelope. Wouter David When? Friday, 28 August 2020, 14:00 Online access The research webinar can be accessed through the following link: https://zoom.us/j/94294897364?pwd=cVd2SCtRM3R1cFNaekhKMFg2VEpMdz09 Please reply to this email if you are planning to attend the presentation. In order to comply with current Covid-19 regulations, this research seminar has been converted to a webinar. Thank you for your understanding. Copyright KU Leuven

Webinar Shauni Van Herck - 10 September 2020

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Invitation Research Webinar ExpORL, Dept. Neurosciences Preventive intervention effects in pre-reading children at cognitive risk for dyslexia. Shauni Van Herck When? Thursday, 10 September 2020, 10:00 Online access The research webinar can be accessed through the following link: https://meet.kuleuven.be/shauni.vanherck/7YL3KJC6 Abstract It has been hypothesized that deficits in auditory temporal processing are underlying phonological processing problems in dyslexia. At the same time, envelope enhancement (EE) strategies have shown potential to reduce at least some of these deficits. Interventions for dyslexia are however mostly provided after the most effective intervention period. To overcome this paradox we need to develop preventive interventions. In this research seminar, I will present the results of a preventive intervention in children at cognitive risk for dyslexia at both the behavioral and the neurophysiological level, using an auditory perceptive task and ASSRs. Please reply to this email if you are planning to attend the presentation. In order to comply with current Covid-19 regulations, this research seminar has been converted to a webinar. Only the supervisory committee and the presenting PhD student are allowed to attend the seminar in person, if it is desirable. Thank you for your understanding. Copyright KU Leuven

Webinar Babette Maessen - 25 August 2020

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Invitation Research Webinar ExpORL, Dept. Neurosciences The relation between spontaneous hand gestures, stuttering and intelligibility in individuals with Down syndrome. Babette Maessen When? Tuesday, 25 August 2020, 10:00 Online access The research webinar can be accessed through the following link: https://meet.kuleuven.be/babette.maessen/83GSGLT8 Abstract Individuals with Down syndrome often present with language production problems wherefore they are able to compensate with spontaneous hand gestures. These individuals also often present which stuttering but it is unknown if they are able to use gestures to compensate for these speech problems. Therefore, we investigate the gesture-speech relationship in individuals with Down syndrome who stutter and the effect these gestures might have on their speech intelligibility. In this research seminar, I will present the results of two of our studies involving stuttering in individuals with Down syndrome. I will also inform you about our new study concerning the effect of gesture on the intelligibility of stuttering events in individuals with Down syndrome. Please reply to this email if you are planning to attend the presentation. In order to comply with current Covid-19 regulations, this research seminar has been converted to a webinar. Only the supervisory committee and the presenting PhD student are allowed to attend the seminar in person, if it is desirable. Thank you for your understanding. Copyright KU Leuven

Webinar Jill Kries - 15 September 2020

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Invitation Research Webinar ExpORL, Dept. Neurosciences A neurodiagnostic measure for aphasia: capturing speech processing mechanisms via neural tracking. Jill Kries When? Tuesday, 15 September 2020, 13:00 Online access The research webinar can be accessed through the following link: https://meet.kuleuven.be/jill.kries/9chlg645 Abstract EEG research in the aphasia population has mainly focused on ERP paradigms with artificial stimuli so far. However, little is known about processing of natural, connected speech in aphasia. Therefore, we investigated neural responses to connected speech in people with aphasia in the chronic phase after stroke, as well as in younger and older adults. In the seminar, I will discuss whether it is possible to measure speech processing via neural tracking in people with aphasia and how it differs from control groups. Could this method present a possible neuromarker for aphasia? Please reply to this email if you are planning to attend the presentation. In order to comply with current Covid-19 regulations, this research seminar has been converted to a webinar. Only the supervisory committee and the presenting PhD student are allowed to attend the seminar in person, if it is desirable. Thank you for your understanding. Copyright KU Leuven

Webinar Lauren Blockmans - 27 August 2020

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Invitation Research Webinar ExpORL, Dept. Neurosciences Structural connectivity characteristics of children at risk for dyslexia in the pre-reading stage. Lauren Blockmans When? Thursday, 27 August 2020, 14:00 Online access The research webinar can be accessed through the following link: https://meet.kuleuven.be/lauren.blockmans/ZC66CMQS Abstract Recent studies in the field of dyslexia suggested that brain differences in auditory and phonological regions of the temporal lobe are driven by family risk (FR) rather than reading outcome. Therefore, we aim to determine the influence of FR in the pre-reading stage. In this research seminar, I will present the findings of the pre-reading dMRI data in children at risk for dyslexia. I will also shed some light on the behavioral data we have collected so far. Please reply to this email if you are planning to attend the presentation. In order to comply with current Covid-19 regulations, this research seminar has been converted to a webinar. Only the supervisory committee and the presenting PhD student are allowed to attend the seminar in person, if it is desirable. Thank you for your understanding. Copyright KU Leuven