* peer-reviewed

BOOKS

2014

Hanke, M. (2014). Strategies and mechanisms for language production in noise. Ph.D. thesis,University of Oldenburg.

Uslar, V. (2014). Speech perception, age, and hearing loss: Methods to assess the balance between bottom-up and top-down processing. Berlin: Winter-Industries GmBH & University of Oldenburg. ISBN: 978-3-86624608-9.

Wendt, D.C. (2014). Characterising sensory and cognitive factors of human speech processing through eye movements. Ph.D. thesis, University of Oldenburg.

2013

Carroll, R. (2013). Effects of Complexity and Prosody on Sentence Processing in Noise. Aachen: Shaker. ISBN 978-3-8440-2008-3.

ARTICLES

2015

Uslar, V. N., Brand, T., & Kollmeier, B. (2015). Modelling the balance between bottom-up and top-down processing in speech intelligibility tests. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 137(4), 2235.

Wendt, D., Kollmeier, B., & Brand, T. (2015). How hearing impairment affects sentence comprehension: using eye fixation to investigate the duration of speech processing. Trends in Hearing, 19, 1-18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100186.

2014

*Wendt, D., Brand, T., & Kollmeier, B. (2014). An Eye-Tracking Paradigm for Analysing the Processing Time of Sentences with Different Linguistic Complexities. PLoS ONE 9(6): e100186. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100186

2013

*Hanke, M., Hamann, C. & Ruigendijk, E. (2013). On the laws of attraction at cocktail parties: Babble noise influences the production of number agreement. Language and Cognitive Processes, 28(8), 1114-1133. doi: 10.1080/01690965.2012.696664.

*Uslar, V., Carroll, R., Hanke, M., Hamann, C., Ruigendijk, E., Brand, T., & Kollmeier, B. (2013). Development and evaluation of a linguistically and audiologically controlled sentence intelligibility test. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134(4), 3039-3056. doi: 10.1121/1.4818760.

*Carroll, R. & Ruigendijk, E. (2013). The Effect of Syntactic Complexity on Sentence Processing in Noise. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 42(2), 139-159. doi:10.1007/s10936-012-9213.

*Uslar, V., Carroll, R., Wendt, D., Ruigendijk, E., Kollmeier, B., & Brand, T. (2013). Why the duck blames the dog: Possible new directions in audiology with the Oldenburg Linguistically and Audiologically Controlled Sentences. Journal of Audiology (Audiological Acoustics), 52(1), 6-15.

2012

Brand, T., Uslar, V., Wendt, D., & Kollmeier, B. (2012). Recognition rates and linguistic processing: Do we need new measures of speech perception? In T. Dau, M.L. Jepsen, T. Poulsen, & J. C. Dalsgaard (eds.). Speech Perception and Auditory Disorders (pp. 45-56). Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Audiological and Auditory Research (ISAAR). Bellerup, DK: The Danaovox Jubilee Foundation. ISBN: 978-87-990013-3-0.

2011

*Uslar, V., Ruigendijk, E., Hamann, C., Brand, T. & Kollmeier, B. (2011). How does linguistic complexity influence intelligibility in a German audiometric sentence intelligibility test? International Journal of Audiology, 50(9), 621-631. doi: 10.3109/14992027.2011.582166.

2010

*Uslar, V., Brand, T., Hanke, M., Carroll, R., Ruigendijk, E., Hamann, C. & Kollmeier, B. (2010). Does sentence complexity interfere with intelligibility in noise? Evaluation of the Oldenburg Linguistically and Audiologically Controlled Sentence Test (OLACS). Proceedings of Interspeech 2010, Makuhari, Chiba, Japan, 2482-2485.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

2014

Jochmann, A., & Ruigendijk, E. Effects of slowed speech on the comprehension of non-canonical structures in aphasics with and without hearing loss. 6th Northwest German Linguistic Colloquium (NWLK), Oldenburg. Dec 12-13, 2014.

Müller, J., Wendt, D., Brand, T., & Kollmeier, B. Simplified detection of human processing speed using eye-fixations recorded per eye-tracking and electrooculography (EOG). 17th Annual Meeting of the German Association of Audiology (DGA). Oldenburg, March 12-15, 2014.

Müller, J., Wendt, D., Brand, T., & Kollmeier, B. Simplified detection of human processing speed using eye-fixations recorded per eye-tracking and electrooculography (EOG). 17th Annual Meeting of the German Association of Audiology (DGA). Oldenburg, March 12-15, 2014.

2013

*Jochmann, A. & Ruigendijk, E. (2013).The effects of fast speech on comprehension of German verb second and relative clauses. Poster presented at the Architectures and Mechanism in Language Processing (AMLaP)", Marseille, 02-4 September 2013

Jochmann, A., & Ruigendijk, E. The effects of fast speech on comprehension of German verb second and relative clauses. 5th Northwest German Linguistic Colloquium (NWLK). Bremen, 13 - 14 December 2013.

Müller, J., Wendt, D., Brand, T., & Kollmeier, B. Analysis of processing speed during sentence recognition in noise using Eye-Tracking and Electrooculography (EOG).^5th 'Speech in Noise' Workshop, Vitoria, January 10-11, 2013.

Müller, J., Wendt, D., Brand, T., & Kollmeier, B. Analysis of processing speed during sentence comprehension using eye-fixations recorded per Eye-Tracking and Electrooculography (EOG). Poster presented at the ARCHES-Meeting. Paris, November 18-19, 2013.

2012

*Uslar, V.N., Kollmeier, B., & Brand, T. (2012). On the interdependence of linguistic complexity, listening condition and cognitive abilities in speech intelligibility measurements. Poster presented at the^4th Speech in Noise Workshop, Cardiff, UK, January 05-06.

*Wendt, D., Brand, T., & Kollmeier, B. (2012). The influence of linguistic complexity, noise and age on speech comprehension: Evidence from eye movements. Poster presented at the Speech in Noise Workshop, Cardiff, UK, January 05-06 .

2011

*Uslar, V. N. (2011). On the interdependence of linguistic complexity, listening condition and cognitive abilities in speech intelligibility measurements. ARCHES-Meeting 2011, Leuven, Belgium.

*Hanke, M., Hamann, C., & Ruigendijk, E. (2011). Production of number agreement in adverse conditions: Speech-free noise interferes with processing at the formulation stage. Poster presented at the 17th Annual Conference on Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing (AMLaP), Paris, France, September 01-03.[pdf]

*Uslar, V.N., Kollmeier, B., & Brand, T. (2011). Does sentence complexity interfere with intelligibility in noise? Measurements with the OLACS Sentence Test. Poster presented at the 1st International Conference on Cognitive Hearing Science for Communication, Linköping, Sweden, 19-22 June.

*Wendt, D., Brand, T., & Kollmeier, B. (2011). The influence of linguistic complexity and noise on speech comprehension: Evidence from eye movements. Poster presented at the 1st International Conference on Cognitive Hearing Science for Communication, Linköping, Sweden, 19-22 June.

*Carroll, R. & Ruigendijk, E. (2011). Reliability of prosodic cues in background noise depends on their processing profit. Poster presented at the 24th Annual Conference on Human Sentence Processing (CUNY), Stanford, CA, USA, March.

*Uslar, V.N., Brand, T., Hanke, M., Carroll, R., Ruigendijk, E., Hamann, C., & Kollmeier, B. (2011). Does sentence complexity interfere with intelligibility in noise? Evaluation of the OLACS Sentence Test . Poster presented at the^3rd Speech in Noise Workshop, Lyon, France 6-7 January.

*Wendt, D., Brand, T., & Kollmeier, B. (2011). Decision moments and eye movements: When is a complex sentence understood? Poster presented at the 3rd Speech in Noise Workshop, Lyon, France 6-7 January 2011.

2010

*Wendt, D., Brand, D., & Kollmeier, B. (2010). Decision moments and eye movements: When is a complex sentence understood? Poster presented at the workshop From Speech to Understanding: Biological and Cognitive Mechanisms. Scandic Skogshöjd, Södertälje, 10-12 November.

*Hanke, M., Hamann, C., & Ruigendijk, E. (2010). Sentence production under fluctuating noise: priming and individual differences. Poster presented at the 6th International Workshop on Language Production, Edinburgh, UK, 2-4 September.[pdf]

*Carroll, R. & Ruigendijk, E. (2010). Processing Complex Sentences in Noise Reveals Prioritisation of Informational Cues. Poster presented at the 23rd Annual Conference on Human Sentence Processing (CUNY). New York, March 18-21[pdf][abstract]

*Wendt, D., Brand, T. & Kollmeier, B. (2010). At what moment is the sentence understood? Language comprehension and linguistic complexity quantified by eye movement. Poster presented at the 36th Annual Meeting for Acoustics (DAGA) 2010, DEGA e.V., Berlin, Germany.

*Carroll, R. & Ruigendijk, E. (2010). Understanding Complex Sentences in Noise: A Shift from Structural to Acoustic Cues? Poster presented at the Workshop on Psycholinguistic Approaches to Speech Perception in Adverse Conditions. Bristol, UK, 8-10 March, 2010.[pdf][abstract]

*Uslar V., Brand T., Hanke M., Carroll R., Ruigendijk E., Hamann C. & Kollmeier, B. (2010). Development of a speech corpus with varying linguistic complexity for speech intelligibility measurements. Poster presented at the Workshop on Psycholinguistic Approaches to Speech Perception in Adverse Conditions. Bristol, UK, 8-10 March.

2009

*Uslar, V. N. (2009). Development of a speech corpus with varying linguistic complexity for speech intelligibility measurements, ARCHES-Meeting 2009, Nottingham, UK.

*Carroll, R. & Ruigendijk, E. (2009). Now you hear it, now you don't? Understanding sentences in silence vs. noise. Poster presented at the 15th Annual Conference on Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing (AMLaP). Barcelona, Spain, 7-9 October.[pdf]

*Wendt, D. (2009). Investigation of the effects of syntactic complexity on eye-movements and on neural activity. Poster presented at the International Summer School: Two Eyes, Two Ears, One Sytem?, Bad Bederkesa, Germany, 13-18 September.

2008

*Carroll, R., & Hanke, M. (2008). Understanding speech under fluctuating noise: psycholinguistic investigations. Poster presented at the 2nd School of Linguistics and Cultural Studies PhD student meeting, University of Oldenburg.

TALKS

2014

Brand, T., Wendt, D., Uslar V.U., Carroll, R., Müller, J., Ruigendijk, E., & Kollmeier B., Measuring sentence processing time using reaction times and eye movements. ARCHES Meeting, Oldenburg, Nov 2014

Jochmann, A., & Ruigendijk, E. The effect of slowed speech on comprehension of German non-canonical sentences in aphasics with and without hearing impairment". Science of Aphasia, Lido, 19 - 24 September 2014.

Ruigendijk, E. Using linguistic complexity for assessing individual auditory processing abilities.^3rd International Symposium'The Future of Hearing'. Oldenburg, Dec 6, 2014.

Ruigendijk, E., & Jochmann, A. Effects of slower speech rates on comprehension of spoken sentences in aphasia with and without hearing loss. 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuropsychology. Advances in neuropsychological rehabilitation: News from traditional approaches and input from the neurosciences, Oldenburg, 18-19 September 2014.

2013

Carroll, R., & Ruigendijk, R. Language Comprehension and Processing (in noise) as a functional tool for separating hearing performance. Invited talk, 6th Hearing Aid Developers Forum. Oldenburg, June 13-14, 2013.

Jochmann, A., & Ruigendijk, E. The effects of fast speech on comprehension of German verb second and relative clauses. Psycholinguistics in Flanders, Leuven, 29-31 May, 2013.

Müller, J., Wendt, D., Brand, T., & Kollmeier, B. Analysing processing speed during speech comprehension using eye-tracking and electro-oculography (EOG). 44th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Medical Physics (DGMP). Cologne, 18-21 September 2013.

Müller, J., Wendt, D., Brand, T., & Kollmeier, B. Analysing the speech comprehension process using eye-tracking and electro-oculography (EOG). 16th Annual Meeting of the German Association of Audiology (DGA). Rostock, 27 February - 2 March 2013.

Uslar, V. N. Is context always helpful? Speech intelligibility measurements with the OLACS. ARCHES-Meeting. Paris, Dec, 2013.

Uslar, V. N., Kollmeier, B. & Brand, T. Speech intelligibility measurements with sentences and sentence fragments: Context effects in the OLAKS. 16th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Audiology (DGA), Rostock, Germany, Rostock, 27 February - 2 March 2013.

Uslar, V.N., Kollmeier, B. & Brand, T. Speech intelligibility measurements with sentences and sentence fragments: Context effects in the OLACS. 40th Erlangen Colloquium. Erlangen, March, 2013.

2012

Ruigendijk, E., & Carroll, R. (2012). Beyond (reduced) intelligibility: Effects of noise on sentence processing. Invited talk presented at the INSPIRE Workshop. Nijmegen, Oct 23-25.

Carroll, R., Brand, T., & Ruigendijk, E. Who does what to whom? Distinguishing intelligibility, processing and comprehension of sentences. Talk presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the German Association of Audiology (DGA). Erlangen, March 08-10.

Uslar, V. N., Brand, T., & Kollmeier, B. (2012). How a sentence test with varying linguistic complexity may help to reveal listening strategies of different groups of listeners. Talk presented at the ^39th Erlangen Colloquium for Researchers and Developers in Audiology, Erlangen, Germany, March 05-07.

Wendt, D., Brand, T., & Kollmeier, B. (2012). Online measurement of speech understanding via eye tracking. 39th Erlangen Colloquium of Audiological Scientists and Developers, Erlangen, Germany, March 05-07.

*Ruigendijk, E. (2012). Sentence processing in noise, how intelligibility and sentence complexity interact. 26th January Research Group Language, University of Tours.

Brand, T., Uslar, V., Wendt, D., & Kollmeier, B. (2012). Relation between speech perception and linguistic complexity. Invited talk presented at the^4th Speech in Noise Workshop, Cardiff, UK, January 04-06.

2011

*Ruigendijk, E. (2011). The effects of noise on speech comprehension and production. Vechta, Marienhospital, October 26.

*Hanke, M., Hamann, C., & Ruigendijk, E. (2011). Producing active and passive voice: effects of age, hearing impairment and noise in adults. 12th Congress of the International Association for the Study of Child Language (IASCL), Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada, 19-23 July.

Carroll, R. & Ruigendijk, E. (2011). Processing complex sentences in fluctuating noise. 12th North German Linguistic Colloquium (NLK), Braunschweig, Germany, March 04-05.

2010

*Hanke, M., Hamann, C., & Ruigendijk, E. (2010). Effects of fluctuating noise on language production: A priming experiment. 9th Psycholinguistics in Flanders workshop (PiF2010), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, 25-26 May, 2010.

Uslar, V. N., Hanke, M., Carroll, R., Brand, T., Ruigendijk, E., Hamann, C., & Kollmeier, B. (2010). Development of a speech corpus to determine speech intelligibility under variable linguistic complexity, DAGA 2010. Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting for Acoustics, Berlin, Germany.

Wendt, D., Uppenkamp, S. & Kollmeier, B. (2010). Investigating the influence of syntactic complexity on neuronal activations. Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting for Acoustics (DAGA) 2010, DEGA e. V., Berlin, p. 50.

2009

Carroll, R. & Ruigendijk, E. (2009). Now you hear it, now you don't- Understanding sentences in silence vs. noise. 2nd Annual Meeting of the Nordwestdeutsches Linguistisches Kolloquium (NWLK). Bremen, Oct 2-3.

Hanke, M. & Hamann, C. (2009). Language production under fluctuating noise. 2nd Annual NWLK Meeting (Northwest German Linguistic Colloquium). Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany, 2-3 Oct, 2009.

Ruigendijk, E., Hamann, C., Brand, T., & Kollmeier, B. (2009). Linguistic complexity and speech intelligibility. International Collegium of Rehabilitative Audiology (ICRA). Oldenburg, May 27.

Weik, V. N., Brand, T., Ruigendijk, E., Hamann, C. & Kollmeier, B. (2009). Influence of sentence complexity on speech comprehension using the Göttingen Sentence Test (GöSa) as an example, Proceedings of the 12th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Audiology (DGA), Innsbruck, Austria.

2008

Ruigendijk, E., Hamann, C., Brand, T. & Kollmeier, B. (2008). Linguistic complexity and speech intelligibility. International Collegium of Rehabilitative Audiology (ICRA). Oldenburg, 27 May.

Hamann, C., Ruigendijk, E., Kollmeier, B., Brand, T. & Schönenberger, M. (2008, 2009). Language processing: Unravelling acoustic/sensory and psycholinguistic factors. Tours, April and Siena, May 2008, as well as invited talk at university of Geneva, March.

Hamann, C., Kollmeier, B., Ruigendijk, E., Brand, T. & Schönenberger, M. (2008). Language comprehension: acoustic/sensory and psycholinguistic factors. Meeting on "Mobility, sensation and learning in the context of an ageing society", Oldenburg, April.

2007

Ruigendijk, E. (2007). Language processing: Unravelling acoustic/sensory and psycholinguistic factors. Oldenburg - Groningen InterGK Meeting, Oldenburg, 12 March.