Jo Verhoeven

Reader - phonetics

Biography

Jo Verhoeven studied Dutch and General Linguistics at the University of Antwerp, from which he graduated in 1981. From there, he went on to study Neurolinguistics at the University of Brussels and Phonetics at the University of Edinburgh, from which he obtained an MSc in Phonetics in 1986. In 1992, he completed his PhD on the Perceptual Aspects of Dutch Intonation under supervision of Bob Ladd. Since then, Jo has taught phonetics at the Universities of Edinburgh, Oxford, Aarhus (Denmark), Hasselt (Belgium) and Antwerp (Belgium). He joined City University in 2006 as a lecturer in Acoustic Phonetics.

Jo Verhoeven's research interests are tone and intonation, regional variation in the phonetic characteristics of Belgian Dutch and speech production disorders with specific emphasis on the relationship between Foreign Accent Syndrome, Dysarthria and Apraxia of speech. His latest research focuses on dysprosody and the phonetic description of dysarthric speech. These research projects are carried out in close collaboration with the Neurolinguistics Department of the University of Brussels and Middelheim General Hospital (Antwerp).  Jo is a member of the International Phonetic Association, the World Federation of Neurology (Working Group on Aphasia and Cognitive Disorders) and the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics.

Jo's research has been published in, among others, Journal of Phonetics, Speech Communication, Language and Speech, Journal of the International Phonetic Association, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, Behavioural Neurology and Cortex. In addition, Jo is the editor of the Edinburgh IPA Archive, which is a historic collection of 70 language samples of 'The North Wind and the Sun' with phonetic annotations  (www.ua.ac.be/edinburghipa).

Recent Publications

• Mariën, P., De Smet, H.J., Pacquier, P.F., Verhoeven, J. (2010). Cerebellocerebral Diaschisis and Postsurgical Posterior Fossa Syndrome in Pediatric Patients. American Journal of Neuroragiology, 31, E82.
• Mariën, P., Wackenier, P., De Surgeloose, D., De Deyn, P.P., Verhoeven, J. (2010). Disruption of the Cerebello-Cerebral Network evidenced by SPECT. Cerebellum, 9, 405-410.
• Verhoeven, J., & Mariën, P. (2010). Neurogenic Foreign Accent Syndrome: Articulatory setting,
  segments and prosody in a Dutch speaker. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 23, 599-614.
• Mariën, P., Verhoeven, J., Wackenier, P., Engelborghs, S., & De Deyn, P.P. (2009). Foreign accent syndrome as a developmental motor speech disorder. Cortex, 45, 870-878.
• Kloots, H., Gillis, S., & Verhoeven, J. (2009). Merk toch hoe sterk. Sjwa-insertie in spontaan gesproken Standaardnederlands. Nederlandse Taalkunde, 14, 45-65.
• Lee, M. T., Thorpe, J. , & Verhoeven, J. (2009). Intonation and phonation in young adults with Down syndrome. Journal of Voice, 23, 82-87.
• Verhoeven, J., & Hirson, A. (2009). Phonetic Notation Systems. IN Östman & Verschueren (Eds), Handbook of Pragmatics 13, John Benjamins: 1-23.
• Verhoeven, J. (2008). Perceptie van toon en vocaalduur in het dialect van Weert: toonverschillen als indicatie van voormalige polytonie. Handelingen van de Koninklijke Zuidnederlandse Maatschappij voor Taal-, Letterkunde en Geschiedenis, LXII, 29- 40.
• Verhoeven, J., & Van Hoof, S. (2008). Intrinsic Vowel Pitch in an Interlanguage Perspective. Papers of the Belgian Linguistic Society, 3, 1-9.
• Vandervliet, J.M., Verhoeven, J., Engelborghs, S., De Deyn, P.P., Parizel, P.M., & Mariën, P. (2008). fMRI findings in an aphasic patient with reversed cerebral dominance for language. Acta Neurologica Belgica, 108, 161-166.
• De Witte L., Verhoeven, J., Engelborghs, S., De Deyn, P.P., & Mariën, P. (2008). Crossed aphasia and visuo-spatial neglect following a right thalamic stroke: a case study and review of the literature. Behavioural Neurology, 19, 177-194.
• De Witte, L., Engelborghs, S., Verhoeven, J., De Deyn, P., & Mariën, P. (2008). Disrupted auto-activation, dysexecutive and confabulating syndrome following bilateral thalamic and right putaminal stroke. Behavioural Neurology, 19/3, 145-151.
• Mariën, P., Brouns, R., Engelborghs, S., Wackenier, P., Verhoeven, J., Ceulemans, B., & De Deyn, P. P. (2008). Cerebellar Cognitive Affective Syndrome in Two Relatives with Gillespie Syndrome. Cortex, 44, 54-67.
• Mariën P., Verhoeven J., Brouns, R., de Witte R., Dobbelier A., & De Deyn, P. (2007). Apraxic agraphia following right cerebellar hemorrhage. Neurology, 69:9, 926-928.
• Mariën P. & Verhoeven J. (2007). Cerebellar involvement in motor speech planning: some further evidence from foreign accent syndrome. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 59:4, 210-217.
• Verhoeven J. & Mariën P. (2007). A change of dialect after stroke: a variant of foreign accent syndrome. European Neurology, 58, 191.
• Verhoeven J. &Mariën, P. (2007). Foreign Accent Syndrome: segmentele en prosodische kenmerken. Stem-, Spraak- en Taalpathologie, 15:3, 208-228.
• Verhoeven J. (2007). Illustrations of the IPA: the Belgian Limburg dialect of Hamont. Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 37:2, 219-226.
• Verhoeven J. & van Hoof S. (2007). Intrinsic vowel pitch in Dutch and Arabic. In: Proceedings of the International Conference of Phonetic Sciences, University of Saarbrücken, 6-10 August, 1785-1788.
• Verhoeven J. & Davey R. (2007). A multimedia approach to eartraining and IPA transcription. In: Proceedings of the Phonetics Teaching and Learning Conference, University College London, 24-26 August 2007 / Maidment J. [edit.], s.l., 1-4.
• Verhoeven J. & Hageman G. (2007). De verstemlozing van fricatieven in Vlaanderen. Nederlandse taalkunde, 12:2, 139-152.
• Verhoeven, J. (2007). Edinburgh IPA archives: Hamont Dutch. www.ua.ac.be/edinburghipa.
• Verhoeven J. (2006). Edinburgh IPA archives: Dutch (Nederlandic). www.ua.ac.be/edinburghipa.
• Meeuwis M., Verhoeven J. (2006). Edinburgh IPA archives: Ganda. www.ua.ac.be/edinburghipa.
• Horváth J., Verhoeven J. (2006). Edinburgh IPA archives: Hungarian. www.ua.ac.be/edinburghipa.
• Steensig J., Verhoeven J. (2006). Edinburgh IPA archives: Icelandic. www.ua.ac.be/edinburghipa.
• Coene M., Verhoeven J. (2006). Edinburgh IPA archives: Romanian. www.ua.ac.be/edinburghipa.
• Goyvaerts D., Verhoeven J. (2006). Edinburgh IPA archives: Swahili. www.ua.ac.be/edinburghipa.
• Verhoeven, J. (2006). Netherlands: Language Situation. In: Brown (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. 2nd Edition. Amsterdam: Elsevier. p. 597.
• Verhoeven J. (2006). Klanksysteem en prosodie in het Belgisch-Limburgs dialect van Hamont. Taal en Tongval, 58:2, 230-249.
• Fournier Rachel, Verhoeven J., Swerts, M., & Gussenhoven, C. (2006). Perceiving word prosodic contrasts as a function of sentence prosody in two Dutch Limburgian dialects. Journal of Phonetics, 34:1, 29-48.
• Mariën P., Verhoeven J., Engelborghs, S., Rooker, S., Pickut, B. A., & De Deyn, P.P. (2006). A role for the cerebellum in motor speech planning: evidence from foreign accent syndrome. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 108:5, 518-522.