SPIN2026: No bad apple! SPIN2026: No bad apple!

Programme

Note that this programme is still subject to changes.

Monday 12 January 2026
09:0010:00Registration & Coffee
10:0010:10Opening remarks
10:1010:35How do visual mechanisms help auditory-only speech and speaker recognition? Abstract
Katharina von KriegsteinDresden University of Technology, Germany
10:3511:00How voice familiarity affects speech-in-speech perception Abstract
Emma HolmesUniversity College London, UK
11:0011:25Miscommunications in triadic conversations: Effects of hearing loss, hearing aids, and background noise Abstract
Eline Borch Petersen, Martha Reenberg Munck, Anja Kofoed PedersenORCA Labs, Scientific Institute of WS Audiology, Lynge, Denmark
11:2511:50Coffee, Photo
11:5012:15The microscopic impact of noise on phoneme perception and some implications for the nature of phonetic cues Abstract
Léo Varnet Laboratoire des systèmes perceptifs, Département d’études cognitives, École normale supérieure, PSL University, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
12:1512:40Adaptation to noise: A minireview of mechanisms and individual factors Abstract
Miriam I. Marrufo-Perez, Enrique A. Lopez-PovedaUniversity of Salamanca, Spain
12:4014:00Lunch
14:0015:00KeynoteExamination of speech coding in the human auditory nerve using intracranial recordings Abstract
Xavier DubernardInstitut Otoneurochirurgical de Champagne Ardenne, CHU de Reims, France | Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier, France
15:0017:30Poster session 1with coffee
17:3019:00Free time
19:0022:00Conference dinner
Tuesday 13 January 2026
09:0010:00Coffee
10:0010:25Voice cue sensitivity and speech perception in speech maskers in children with hearing aids Abstract
Laura Rachman, Pınar Ertürk, Gizem Babaoğlu, Basak Özkişi Yazgan, Gonca Sennaroğlu, Etienne Gaudrain, Deniz BaşkentUniversity of Groningen / University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands
10:2510:50Cochlear implantation in children with single sided deafness Abstract
Astrid van WieringenExperimental ORL, Dept Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Belgium
10:5011:10Modelling the contributions of auditory, speech, language, and cognitive processes to speech-in-noise perception in school-aged children: A structural equation approach Abstract
Xuehan Zhou, Harvey Dillon, Dani Tomlin, Kelly Burgoyne, Helen Gurteen, Grace Nixon, Alisha Gudkar, Antje HeinrichThe University of Manchester, UK
11:1011:35Coffee
11:3512:00What does cognitive listening mean? Is it time for a rethink? Abstract
Sven MattysUniversity of York, UK
12:0012:20Can tinnitus cause speech in noise deficit? Abstract
Srividya Grama Bhagavan, Ishan Sunilkumar BhattAuburn University, USA
12:2012:45Colin Cherry Award 2025TBA Abstract
Jessica L. PepperLancaster University, UK
12:4514:10Lunch
14:1016:40Poster session 2with coffee
16:4017:00Business meeting: Colin Cherry Award 2026, next SPIN meeting and closing remarks
17:30...Evening drinks in a Parisian bar

Posters

Session 1: Monday 12 January 2026, 15:00-17:30

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Role of current spread and device coding in vocal-tract length perception in cochlear implantsEtienne Gaudrain, Sil van Zoest, Floris Rotteveel, Bert Maat, Deniz Başkent

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Automated question and answering based speech-in-noise test using large language modelsMohsen Fatehifar, Kevin Munro, Michael Stone, David Wong, Tim Cootes, Josef Schlittenlacher

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Alpha oscillations during effortful listening originate from different sourcesCaroline Hamery, Guillaume Andéol, Sébastien Scannella

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Reverberation impairs neural stream segregation of concurrent speechAnna-Lena Krause, Sabina Wiley, Lars Hausfeld

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Divergent cortical speech tracking at the cocktail party: Preserved in hearing aid users, impaired in cochlear implant usersConstantin Jehn, Jasmin Riegel, Tobias Reichenbach, Anja Hahne, Niki Katerina Vavatzanidis

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The subjective and physiological signatures of listening effortJohannes Wienen, Dorothea Wendt, Hamish Innes-Brown

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Prosody adaptively supports speech comprehension in noiseTugba Lulaci, Pelle Söderström, Mikael Roll

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Influence of auditory and cognitive factors on speech in noise processingAkshaya Jeyasri Kannan, Christian Sumner, Alexander Hardy, Jia Hoong Ong

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The influence of hearing loss on speech perception in music or noise Adriana A. Zekveld, Laura Keur-Huizinga, Nicole A. Huizinga, Jorn H. Sangers, Niek J. Versfeld, Eco de Geus, Sophia E. Kramer

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Influence of noise setup on speech intelligibility during speech-in-noise testing for cochlear implant users Anne van Alphen, H. Christiaan Stronks, Jeroen J. Briaire, Johan H.M. Frijns

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Examination of speech processing and speech retrieval in cochlear implant users and typical-hearing listenersKhaled Abdellatif, Denise Gradtke, Thomas Koelewijn, Deniz Başkent, Hartmut Meister

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Speech-in-speech load triggers inattentional deafnessFranck Élisabeth, Guillaume Andéol, Véronique Chastres, Élodie Bayle, Isabelle Viaud-Delmon, Clara Suied

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Profiling listening difficulties in children with language development concerns based on caregiver reportHanne Falcone, Loes Desmedt, Hannah Keppler, Nicolas Verhaert, Astrid van Wieringen, Sam Denys

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Myelination and GABAergic maturation supporting speech-in-noise processing across pubertal developmentMarta Puertollano, Joseph Francois Johnson, Francesca Cavicchiolo, Luna Prud’homme, Antonin Rovai, Simon Dobri, Xavier De Tiège, Axelle Calcus

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The Diamonds Chamber: A new lab for assessing listening effort and speech reception in immersive audio-visual virtual realityChiara Visentin, Matteo Pellegatti, Nicola Prodi, Giovanni Turri, Marcello Bonfè, Giulia Tampone, Andrea Bertelli, Andrea Trevisani, Luca Tebaldi, Marianna Manuelli, Andrea Ciorba

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Precise cross-domain phenotyping as a link between auditory function and genetic causesShiran Koifman, Anna Warzybok-Oetjen, Sabine Hochmuth, Mareike Buhl, Crystel Bonnet, Paul Avan, Birger Kollmeier

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Development of an ecologically-valid speech intelligibility test using virtual acousticsFabian Hettler, Jonas Stohlmann, Florian Denk, Hendrik Husstedt, Jürgen Tchorz, Markus Kallinger, Tim Jürgens

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Children listening to mispronunciations in continuous speechKatharina Kaduk, Rebecca Holt, Liam Howard, Hannah J. Stewart

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Exploring conversational entrainment in noise Lena-Marie Huttner, Grace Carrier, Anna Josefine Munch Sørensen

Session 2: Tuesday 13 January 2026, 14:10-16:40

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Rethinking hearing without FourierEtienne Thoret, Sølvi Ystad, Richard Kronland-Martinet

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Listening effort during speech processing in quiet and in noiseYue Zheng, Ethan Brims, Ronan McGarrigle, Sarah Knight, Sven Mattys

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Frequency and timing of head movement in 3- and 4-way conversationJohn Culling, Lauren Hadley, William Whitmer

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Effect of frequency-to-place factors on perception and adaptation in cochlear implant usersLouis Villejoubert, Lorenzo Picinali, Kathleen Faulkner, Deborah Vickers

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A differential digits-in-noise paradigm for assessing binaural and temporal masking release across age groupsLoes Desmedt, Nicolas Verhaert, Astrid van Wieringen, Jan Wouters, Sam Denys

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AI-based real-time speaker separation: An alternative approach to beamforming.Tom Berner, Niki Katerina Vavatzanidis, Tobias Reichenbach, Anja Hahne

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Electrophysiological correlates of speech perception in noise development at adolescenceFrancesca Cavicchiolo, Marta Puertollano, Marlies Gillis, Joseph Francois Johnson, Luna Prud’homme, Vincent Wens, Xavier De Tiège, Axelle Calcus

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Effect of children’s age on performance on the virtual audio spatial speech-in-noise test for children with bilateral cochlear implantsMarina Salorio-Corbetto, Bhavisha Parmar, Lisabeth Buelt, Jennifer Bizley, Lorenzo Picinali, Deborah Vickers

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