Projects

Ongoing

• Speech-based biomarkers in Parkinson's disease
• Speech characteristics in prodromal Parkinson’s disease
• Effects of levodopa and deep brain stimulation on speech dynamics in patients with Parkinson’s disease
• Brain Modulation and Speech Motor Control
• SFB 1252 – Prominence in Language - Project A04: Dynamic modelling of prosodic prominence

Previous

• Dissertation – Effects of Levodopa and Deep Brain Stimulation on Tongue Body Kinematics in Parkinson’s disease
• DASS II - Degrees of Activation and Focus-Background Structure in Spontaneous Speech – The Relation between Prosodic Marking and Syntactic and Semantic Structure Building.
• SFB 1252: Prominence in Language - Project A01: Intonation and attention orienting: Neurophysiological and behavioural correlates

Awards

Offermann-Hergarten Preis der Universität zu Köln (Philosophische Fakultät) für die Dissertation

Innovationspreis der Parkinsonstiftung in der Kategorie klinische Forschung. Projekt: Sprechmotorische Biomarker bei Morbus Parkinson

Fakultätspreis der Universität zu Köln (Philosophische Fakultät): für die Bachelorarbeit zum Thema: Eine akustisch-artikulatorische Analyse der Sprechmotorik bei Essentiellen Tremorpatienten mit Tiefer Hirnstimulation.

Grants and Scholarships

• 08/2023: DAAD Reisestipendium, ICPhS 2023, 7-11 August, 2023, Prag, Tschechien
• 10/2022 - 22/2022: Fellowship of the Thiemann Visitor Program for a two-month research stay at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• 07/2022: Cologne Center of Language Sciences (CCLS) Grant for the organization of the conference session “Show me what you’ve got - Datenmanagement und Transparenz in den (Geistes) wissenschaften”
• 04/2022 - 03/2023: Mercator-Stipendium bei der a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne
• 03/2020: Cologne Center of Language Sciences (CCLS) – Travel grant for workshop participation: 2nd Workshop on Speech Perception and Production across the Lifespan, 30 – 31 March, 2020, London, UK
• 09/2019: DAAD Reisestipendium, MDS congress, 22-26 September, 2019, Nizza, Frankreich
• 04/2019 - 03/2022: Promotionsstipendium der a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne (Integrated Track)
• 02/2019: Reisestipendium der a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne im Rahmen des DAAD geförderten Programms: “a.r.t.e.s. international – for all", HISPhonCog 2019, 24-25 Mai, Seoul, Korea
• 07/2018: Cologne Center of Language Sciences (CCLS) - Grant for the organization of the Workshop on respiratory movement measures in speech, 2-3 Juli 2018, Köln, Deutschland
• 04/2018: ALP Student Travel Grant for conference participation „LabPhon16“, 19-22 Juni 2018, Lissabon, Portugal

Teaching

2019

• Vorlesung (im WS): Phonetik und Phonologie II

2016-2018

• Übung (im SS): Phonetik und Phonologie I
• Tutorium (im WS): Phonetik und Phonologie II
• Workshop bei der KinderUni: Unsere Stimme

Organisation

• 07/2022: Tagung (a.r.t.e.s. forum) der Graduiertenschule der Philosophischen Fakultät zum Thema: „Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft“, Universität zu Köln
• 06/2022: Interdisciplinary workshop on “NeuroSpeech“, Universität zu Köln und Uniklinik Köln
• 07/2018: Workshop on “respiratory movement measures in speech”, Universität zu Köln
• 07/2017: 3^rd Workshop on “Dynamic Modeling”, Universität zu Köln

Memberships

• Speech Impairment in Movement Disorders Study Group
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Parkinson und Bewegungsstörungen (DPG)
• Association for Laboratory Phonology (ALP)
• Cologne Center of Language Sciences (CCLS)
• International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS)

Publications

Monographs

• Thies, T. (2023) Tongue Body Kinematics in Parkinson’s Disease: Effects of Levodopa and Deep Brain Stimulation. In Fuchs, S. & Perrier, P. (Eds.). Speech Production and Perception, Vol. 7. Berlin, Deutschland: Peter Lang Verlag. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3726/b20799

Research Articles

• Thies, T., Barbe, M. T. & Mücke, D. (2024). Prosody matters: Preserved prominence marking strategies in people with Parkinson's disease independent of motor status. Plos One. DOI: [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308655]
• Jergas, H., Petry-Schmelzer, J.N., Hannemann, J., Thies, T., Strelow, J.N., Rubi-Fessen, I., Quinting, J.M., Baldermann, J.C., Mücke, D., Fink, G.R., Visser-Vandewalle, V., Dembek, T. & Barbe, M.T. (2024). One side effect – two networks? Lateral and postero-medial stimulation spreads induce dysarthria in subthalamic deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. DOI: [https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2024-333434]
• Tröger, J., Dörr, F., Schwed, L., Linz, N., König, A., Thies, T., Barbe, M.T., Orozco-Arroyave, J. R. & Rusz, J. (2024). An automatic measure for speech intelligibility in dysarthrias—validation across multiple languages and neurological disorders. Frontiers in Digital Health, 6. DOI: [https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2024.1440986]
• Mücke, D., Roessig, S., Thies, T., Hermes, A. & Mefferd, A. (2024) Challenges with the kinematic analysis of neurotypical and impaired speech: measures and models. Journal of Phonetics, 102, 101292. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wocn.2023.101292
• Thies, T., Jergas, H., Mücke, D., Brandt, G.A., Visser-Vandewalle, V., Pinto, S. & Barbe, M.T. (2023) The effects of STN-DBS on motor speech: A longitudinal articulographic study. Brain stimulation, 16 (6), 1598-1600. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2023.10.013
• Thies, T., Mücke, D., Geerts, N., Seger, A., Fink, G. R., Barbe, M. T., & Sommerauer, M. (2023) Compensatory articulatory mechanisms preserve intelligibility in prodromal Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 105487.
• Lowit, A., Thies, T., Steffen, J., Scheele, F., Roheger, M., Kalbe, E. & Barbe, M.T. (2022) Task-based profiles of language impairment and their relationship to cognitive dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease, Plos One, 17(10): e0276218. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276218
• Thies, T., Hermes, A. & Mücke, D. (2022) Compensation in time and space: Prominence marking in aging and disease. Languages, 7, 21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/languages7010021
• Thies, T., Mücke, D. Dano, R. & Barbe, M.T. (2021). Levodopa-Based Changes on Vocalic Speech Movements during Prosodic Prominence Marking. Brain Science, 11(5), 594. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11050594
• Steffen, J.K., Jergas, H., Petry-Schmelzer, J. N., Dembek, T.A., Thies, T., Jost, S.T., Dafsari, H.S., Kessler, J., Wirths, J., Fink, G.R., Visser-Vandewalle, V. & Barbe, M.T. (2020) Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation in Essential TremorPlus Is as Effective as in Essential Tremor. Brain Science, 10(12), 970. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10120970
• Petry-Schmelzer, J. N., Jergas, H., Thies, T., Steffen, J. K., Reker, P., Dafsari, H. S., Mücke, D., Fink, G. R. Fink, Visser‐Vandewalle, V., Dembek, T.A.  & Barbe, M. T. (2020) Network Fingerprint of Stimulation‐Induced Speech Impairment in Essential Tremor. Annals of Neurology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.25958
• Becker, J., Thies, T., Petry-Schmelzer, J. N., Dembek, T. A., Reker, P., Mücke, D., Grice, M., Visser-Vandewalle, V., Fink, G. & M.T. Barbe. (2020) The effects of thalamic and posterior subthalamic deep brain stimulation on speech in patients with essential tremor – a prospective, randomized, doubleblind crossover study. Brain and Language. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2019.104724
• Thies, T., Mücke, D., Lowit, A., Kalbe, E., Steffen, J. & M.T. Barbe. (2020). Prominence marking in Parkinsonian speech and its correlation with motor abilities and cognition. Neuropsychologia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2019.107306
• Reker, P., Thies, T., Josten, A., Steffen, J., Dafsari, H.S., Visser-Vandewalle, V. & M.T. Barbe (2019). Evaluation of a German version of the Bain and Findley Tremor ADL Scale. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2019.09.024
• Hermes, A., Mücke, D., Thies, T., & M. T. Barbe (2019). Coordination patterns in Essential Tremor patients with Deep Brain Stimulation: Syllables with low and high complexity. Laboratory Phonology: Journal of the Association for Laboratory Phonology, 10(1), 6. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/labphon.141
   

Conference Proceedings

• Herbig, E., Thies, T., Barbe, M.T. & Mücke, D. (2024). The Role of Cognitive Efficiency and Levodopa on Articulatory Timing. 13th International Seminar on Speech Production, May 13 - 17, 2024, Autrans, France.
• Thies, T. Buech, P. & Hermes, A. (2024). Advancing Speech Breathing Analysis: Benefits of Using EMA. 13th International Seminar on Speech Production, May 13 - 17, 2024, Autrans, France.
• Mücke, D., Thies, T., Büch, P., Furlani, N., Schreen,  J. & Hermes, A. (2023). Variability in space, compensation in time: Effects of aging on tongue body kinematics with respect to prosodic focus marking. 20th International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences, 7 – 11 August 2023, Prague, Czech Republic.
• Thies, T., Mücke, D., Ding, A. & Mefferd, A. (2023). Phase relations between the tongue body and the jaw across rate modifications in younger and older speakers. 20th International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences, 7 – 11 August 2023, Prague, Czech Republic.
• Raines, C., Thies, T., Ding, A. & Mefferd, A. (2023). Aging effects on sentence-length velocity distribution characteristics of the tongue and jaw. 20th International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences, 7 – 11 August 2023, Prague, Czech Republic.
• Thies, T., Mücke, D., Dano, R. & M.T. Barbe. (2021). Correlation between levodopa response and acoustic parameters of prominence marking as well as tongue body movements in patients with Parkinson’s disease. 12th Seminar on Speech Production 2020, 14-18 December 2020.
• Mücke, D., Thies, T., Mertens, J. & Hermes, A. (2021). Age-related effects of prosodic prominence in vowel articulation. 12th Seminar on Speech Production 2020, 14-18 December 2020.
• Hermes, A., Mücke, D., Thies, T. & M.T. Barbe. (2019). Intragestural variation in natural sentence production: Essential Tremor patients treated with DBS. Interspeech 2019, 15-19 September 2019, Graz, Austria.
• Thies, T., Röhr, C.T., Baumann, S. & M. Grice. (2017). Prosodic Marking of Information Status in Picture Story Descriptions. Proceedings of the Conference on Phonetics & Phonology in German-Speaking Countries, P&P 13, Sept 28-29, 2017. HU: Berlin
• Röhr, C.T., Thies, T., Baumann, S. & Grice, M. (2016). Prosodic marking of Information Status in Task-Oriented Dialogues. Proceedings of the Conference on Phonetics & Phonology in German-Speaking Countries, P&P 12, Oct 13-14, 2016, München: LMU.
• Thies, T., Hermes, A. & Mücke, D. (2016). Coordination Deficits in Essential Tremor Patients with Deep Brain Stimulation. Proceedings of the Conference on Phonetics & Phonology in German-Speaking Countries, P&P 12, Oct 13-14, 2016, München: LMU.
   

Oral and poster presentations

2025

• Thies, T., Dörr, F., Schwed, Louisa, Tröger, J. & Barbe, M.T. (accepted). Detecting apathy through automatic acoustic speech analysis in people with Parkinson's disease. International Conference on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases and Related Neurological Disorders, April 01 - 05, 2024, Vienna, Austria.
• Tröger, J., Dörr, F., Schwed, L., Linz, N., König, A., Thies, T., Tykalova, T., Novotny, M., Dusek, P. & Rusz, J. (accepted). Automatically Screening for prodromal Parkinsonism in isolated REM sleep behavior disorder using speech biomarkers for articulatory performance. International Conference on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases and Related Neurological Disorders, April 01 - 05, 2024, Vienna, Austria.
• Schreen, J., Thies, T., Rubi-Fessen, I., Quinting, J.M., Barbe, M.T. & Stenneken, P. (accepted). Zusammenhang von Kognition, Depression und Dysarthrie bei der Parkinsonkrankheit
  und Essentiellem Tremor. dbs-Symposium 2025, March 14 - 15, 2025, Cologne, Germany.

2024

• Thies, T., Dörr, F., Rouvalis, A., Linz, N., König, A., Dubbioso, R., Schneider, A., Hermann, A., Rusz, J. & Tröger, J. (2024). Identifiying people with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis through an automatic dysarthria score across multiple languages. 35th International Symposium on ALS/MND, December 06 - 08, 2024, Montreal, Canada.
• Thies, T., Mallick, E., Jost, S., Tröger, J. & Barbe, M.T. (2024). Detecting impulsivity through speech in patients with Parkinson’s Disease: A principle proof study. International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, September 27-October 01, 2024, Philadelphia, USA.
• Jergas, H., Petry-Schmelzer, J.N., Hannemann, J.H., Thies, T., Rubi-Fessen, I., Quiting, J., Visser-Vandewalle, V., Tsuboi, T. & Barbe, M.T. (2024). Cluster Analysis of Stimulation-Induced Dysarthria Subtypes in People with Parkinson’s Disease and Subthalamic Deep Brain Stimulation. International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, September 27-October 01, 2024, Philadelphia, USA.
• Herbig, E., Thies, T., Barbe, M.T. & Mücke, D. (2024). The Role of Cognitive Efficiency and Levodopa on Articulatory Timing. 13th International Seminar on Speech Production, May 13 - 17, 2024, Autrans, France.
• Thies, T. Buech, P. & Hermes, A. (2024). Advancing Speech Breathing Analysis: Benefits of Using EMA. 13th International Seminar on Speech Production, May 13 - 17, 2024, Autrans, France.
• Thies, T. (2024). Sprache als digitaler Biomarker für Krankheitsprogression und Therapiemonitoring. Deutscher Kongress für Parkinson und Bewegungsstörung, April 25 - 27, 2024, Rostock, Germany.
• Thies, T. & Barbe, M.T. (2024). Zusammenhang zwischen Motorsymptomatik und Sprechfunktionen bei M. Parkinson. Deutscher Kongress für Parkinson und Bewegungsstörung, April 25 - 27, 2024, Rostock, Germany.
• Tröger, J., Mallick, E., Röttgen, S., Baykara, E., Linz, N., Thies, T., Barbe, M.T. & Sommerauer, M. (2024). Using acoustic speech biomarkers to detect isolated REM sleep behavior disorder. 18th International Conference on Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s Diseases, March 5 -9, 2024, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Thies, T., Schwed, L., Tröger, J., Baykara, E., Barbe, M.T. & Mücke, D. (2024). Automatic analysis of levodopa-related changes in speech of Parkinson’s disease. Motor Speech Conference, February 21-24, 2024, San Diego, CA, USA.
• Thies, T. & Mefferd, A. (2024). Interarticulatory timing patterns across talkers with various neurological conditions. Motor Speech Conference, February 21-24, 2024, San Diego, CA, USA.

2023

• Thies, T., Schreen, J., Jergas, H. & Barbe, M.T. (2023). Testing the applicability of the dysarthria analyzer to detect levodopa effects on speech in a German cohort of people with Parkinson’s disease. International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, August 27-31, 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Mücke, D., Thies, T., Büch, P., Furlani, N., Schreen,  J. & Hermes, A. (2023). Variability in space, compensation in time: Effects of aging on tongue body kinematics with respect to prosodic focus marking. 20th International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences, 7 – 11 August 2023, Prague, Czech Republic.
• Thies, T., Mücke, D., Ding, A. & Mefferd, A. (2023). Phase relations between the tongue body and the jaw across rate modifications in younger and older speakers. 20th International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences, 7 – 11 August 2023, Prague, Czech Republic.
• Raines, C., Thies, T., Ding, A. & Mefferd, A. (2023). Aging effects on sentence-length velocity distribution characteristics of the tongue and jaw. 20th International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences, 7 – 11 August 2023, Prague, Czech Republic.

2022

• Thies, T., Geerts, N., Mücke, D., Seger, A., Barbe, M.T. & Sommerauer, M. (2022). Affected tongue movements in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder. International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, September 15-18, 2022, Madrid, Spain.
• Thies, T., Geerts, N., Mücke, D., Seger, A., Barbe, M.T. & Sommerauer, M. (2022). Affected tongue body movements in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder. 8th International Conference on Speech Motor Control, August 24-27, 2022, Groningen, Netherlands.
• Schreen, J., Thies, T., Hermes, A. & Mücke, D. (2022). Age-related changes on tongue body movements. 8th International Conference on Speech Motor Control, August 24-27, 2022, Groningen, Netherlands.
• Thies, T., Barbe, M.T., Visser-Vandewalle, V. & Mücke, D. (2022). Disease- and treatment-related changes of tongue body movements in Parkinson’s disease: An electromagnetic articulography study. 8th International Conference on Speech Motor Control, August 24-27, 2022, Groningen, Netherlands.
• Mücke, D., Mefferd, A., Thies, T., Roessig, S. & Hermes, A. (2022). Analysis and Modelling of Impaired Speech Movements: Challenges and Future Directions. 8th International Conference on Speech Motor Control, August 24-27, 2022, Groningen, Netherlands.
• Thies, T., Mücke, D. & Barbe, M.T. (2022). Der Einfluss von Levodopa und STN-THS auf Lippen- und Zungenbewegungen bei Patient:innen mit Morbus Parkinson. Deutscher Kongress für Parkinson und Bewegungsstörungen, 24. – 26. März 2022, Hannover, Deutschland.
• Geerts, N., Thies, T., Seger, A., Barbe, M.T. & Sommerauer, M. (2022). Sprechveränderungen bei Patienten mit einer idiopathischen REM-Schlaf-Verhaltensstörung auf akustischer Ebene. Deutscher Kongress für Parkinson und Bewegungsstörungen, 24. – 26. März 2022, Hannover, Deutschland.

2021

• Lowit, A., Thies, T., Roheger, M., Kalbe, E., Steffen, J. & Barbe, M.T. (2021). Syntactic impairment in Parkinson's Disease: cross-task differences and relationship to cognitive impairment. 18th Biennial Conference of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association, 22 – 25 June 2021, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, United Kingdom
• Thies, T., Dano, R.,  Barbe, M.T. & Mücke, D. (2021). Syllable coordination patterns in Parkinsonian speech: Effects of medication and deep brain stimulation on tongue and lip movements within a speaker’s system. 4th Phonetics and Phonology in Europe 2021, 21-23 June 2021, online, virtual.

2020

• Lowit, A., Roheger, M., Kalbe, E., Thies, T., Steffen, J., & Barbe, M. (2020). Task based profiles of language impairment in Parkinson’s Disease. International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, September 12-16, 2020, Philadelphia, USA.
• Thies, T., Mücke, D., Dano, R. & M.T. Barbe. (2020). Correlation between levodopa response and acoustic parameters of prominence marking as well as tongue body movements in patients with Parkinson’s disease. 12th Seminar on Speech Production 2020, 14-18 December 2020, online, virtual.
• Mücke, D., Thies, T., Mertens, J. & Hermes, A. (2020). Age-related effects of prosodic prominence in vowel articulation. 12th Seminar on Speech Production 2020, 14-18 December 2020, online, virtual.
• Thies, T., Mücke, D., Dano, R. & M.T. Barbe. (accepted). Levodopa induced changes of tongue body movements during speech production. International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, September 12-16, 2020, Philadelphia, USA.
• Jergas, H., Petry-Schmelzer, J. N., Thies, T., Steffen, J., Dafsari, H.S., Mücke, D., Visser-Vandewalle, V., Dembek, T.A. & M.T. Barbe. (accepted). Increased Syllable Duration as a Marker for Dysarthria in Essential Tremor Patients with Deep Brain Stimulation. International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, September 12-16, 2020, Philadelphia, USA.
• Thies, T., Mücke, D., Dano, R. & M.T. Barbe. (2020). The impact of levodopa on acoustic parameters of prominence marking and tongue body movements in patients with Parkinson’s disease. 2nd Workshop on Speech Perception and Production across the Lifespan, March 30 – 31, 2020, London: UCL, UK. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3732383

2019

• Thies, T., Eichholz, J., Mücke, D. & M.T. Barbe. (2019). Comparing speech motor control and motor impairment in fast syllable repetition tasks in patients with Parkinson’s disease with mild dysarthria. Conference on Phonetics & Phonology in German-Speaking Countries, P&P 15, Sept 26-27, 2019, Düsseldorf: HHU, Germany.
• Thies, T., Mücke, D., Lowit, A., Steffen, J., Kalbe, E. & M.T. Barbe. (2019). Influence of cognitive abilities on prominence production in mild dysarthric patients with Parkinson’s disease. International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, September 22-26, 2019, Nice, France.
• Reker, P., Schnitzler, S., Thies, T., Josten, A., Becker, J., Steffen, J., Wirths, J., Dafsari, H., Visser-Vandewalle & M.T. Barbe. (2019). ADL impairment and quality of life in patients with essential tremor. International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, September 22-26, 2019, Nice, France.
• Jergas, H., Petry-Schmelzer, J. N., Becker, J., Thies, T., Steffen, J., Visser-Vandewalle, V., Dembek, T. A. & M.T. Barbe. (2019). The origin of stimulation-induced dysarthria in ET patients after VIM/PSA-DBS: Atactic, spastic or both?. International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, September 22-26, 2019, Nice, France.
• Hermes, A., Mücke, D., Thies, T., & M.T. Barbe. (2019). Intragestural variation in natural sentence production: Essential Tremor patients treated with DBS. 20th Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, Interspeech, September 15-19, 2019, Graz, Austria.
• Thies, T., Mücke, D., Lowit, A., Kalbe, E., Steffen, J. & M.T. Barbe. (2019). Cognitive skills and prominence production: Highlighting prominent elements in the speech of patients with Parkinson’s disease. Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language, May 24-25, 2019, Seoul, Korea.

2018

• Thies, T., Mücke, D., Auris, B., Steffen, J. & M.T. Barbe. (2018). The Expression of Prosodic Prominence in Parkinsonian Speech. 2nd International Conference “Prominence in Language”, July 11-13, 2018, Cologne, Germany.

• Thies, T., Mücke, D., Auris, B, Lowit, A & M.T. Barbe. (2018). Prosodic prominence in Parkinsonian Speech: A dynamical approach. 16th Conference on Laboratory Phonology, June 19-22, 2018, Lisboa, Portugal.

2017

• Mücke, D., Hermes, A. & T. Thies (2017). Discrete categories and continuous speech dynamics in typical and atypical speech: How much variability is tolerated by the phonological system? Oral presentation at IPS Workshop Abstraction, Diversity, and Speech Dynamics, May 3-5, 2017, Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany.

• Hermes, A., Mücke D. & T. Thies (2017). Conflicting demands of complex timing patterns in Essential Tremor patients: When the realisation of a phonological constituent breaks down. Oral presentation at 14th Old World Conference on Phonology (OCP), February 20-22, Düsseldorf, Germany.

• Mücke, D., Hermes, A., Thies, T., Becker, J. & M.T. Barbe (2017). The loss of complex coupling modes in speech dynamics: An EMA study on Essential Tremor patients. 7th International Conference on Speech Motor Control, July 5-8, 2017, Groningen, Netherlands.

• Thies, T., Hermes, A. & D. Mücke (2017). Atypical speech production of Essential Tremor Patients. Poster presentation at 5^th International Winterschool on Speech Perception and Production: Learning and Memory, January 9 -13, 2017, Chorin, Germany.

2016

• Mücke, D., Hermes, A. & T. Thies (2016). Variability in the production of syllables in typical and atypical speech: gradient or categorical? 3rd Conference on Experimental Approaches to Perception and Production of Language Variation, September 21-24, 2016, Vienna, Austria.
   

Invited Talks

• Thies, T. (2024). Unveiling Parkinson’s Disease Features for AI-driven Analysis: Relevance of Acoustics, Kinematics and Perception, SRPP, May 3, 2024, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France.
• Thies, T. (2024). Speech-based biomarkers in Parkinson‘s disease, Talk at Biomarker Development Group Meeting (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Dukart) , March 22, 2024, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany.
• Thies, T. (2023). Sprechstörungen bei Parkinson: Von der Forschung in die Klinik. 17. Kölner Parkinson-Symposium, November 18, 2023, Uniklinik Köln, Cologne, Germany.
• Thies, T. (2023). Speech characteristics and speech biomarkers in Parkinson‘s disease. Guest lecture (Prof. Dr. Kevin Tang), November 14, 2023, HHU Düsseldorf, Germany.
• Thies, T. & Mücke, D. (2023). Sprechmotorische Symptome im Verlauf der Parkinson Erkrankung. Psycholinguistisches Forschungskolloquium (Prof. Dr. Martina Penke), June 28, 2023, UoC Cologne, Germany.
• Thies, T. (2020). Speech as biomarker? Speech in patients with REM sleep behavior disorder and in patients with Parkinson‘s disease. NeuroSpeech, June 20, 2022, Cologne, Germany.
• Thies, T. (2019). Sprachstörungen bei Morbus Parkinson. 13. Patienten-Seminar Morbus Parkinson, September 6, 2019, Cologne, Germany.
• Thies, T. & D. Mücke (2018). Influencing Factors on the Production of Prosodic Prominence in Parkinsonians. Research Colloquium IfL Phonetic, 16 July 2018, Cologne, Germany.
• Thies, T. (2018). Atypical Speech: Acoustics in Parkinsonians. Workshop on “Language and Dynamic Representations”, PCCM 5, 29-31 May 2018, Paris Diderot, France.