Antje Stoehr

Research

Staff Scientist - Ikerbasque Research Fellow 2024-2029 - Ramón y Cajal Fellow 2025-2029 (Former Juan de la Cierva Fellow 2022-2024)

Keywords: bilingualism, input, language acquisition, phonetics, phonology, speech production, speech perception.

Research group: Speech and Bilingualism

a.stoehr@bcbl.eu

+34 943 309 300 Ext.: 233

In press

Stoehr, A., Souganidis, C., Thomas, T., Jacobsen, J., & Martin, C.D. (In press). The speech elicitation task affects temporal but not spectral properties in trilinguals’ speech production. International Journal of Multilingualism. Doi:10.1080/14790718.2025.2570214

2025

Furgoni, A., Martin, C.D., & Stoehr, A. (2025). A cross linguistic study on orthographic influence during auditory word recognition. Scientific Reports, 15(1). Doi:10.1038/s41598-025-92885-x

2024

Souganidis, C., Molinaro, N., & Stoehr, A. (2024). Bilinguals produce language-specific voice onset time in two true-voicing languages: The case of Basque-Spanish early bilinguals. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 14, 370–399. Doi:https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.21081.sou

Stoehr, A., Jevtović, M., de Bruin, A., & Martin, C.D. (2024). Phonetic and Lexical Crosslinguistic Influence in Early Spanish–Basque–English Trilinguals. Language Learning, 74(2), 332-364. Doi:10.1111/lang.12598

2023

Stoehr, A., Souganidis, C., Thomas, T.B., Jacobsen, J., & Martin, C.D. (2023). Voice onset time and vowel formant measures in online testing and laboratory-based testing with(out) surgical face masks. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 154(1), 152-166. Doi:10.1121/10.0020064

Martin, C.D., & Stoehr, A. (2023). In Search of Variables Explaining Individual Differences in Second Language Learning and Processing: A Commentary on “The Neurocognitive Underpinnings of Second Language Processing: Knowledge Gains From the Past and Future Outlook”. Language Learning, 73, 155-159. Doi:10.1111/lang.12595

2022

Jevtović, M., Stoehr, A., Klimovich-Gray, A., Antzaka, A., & Martin, C.D. (2022). One-to-One or One Too Many? Linking Sound-to-Letter Mappings to Speech Sound Perception and Production in Early Readers. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 65(12), 4507-4519. Doi:10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00131

Stoehr, A., Benders, T., van Hell, J.G., & Fikkert, P. (2022). Feature generalization in Dutch–German bilingual and monolingual children’s speech production. First Language, 42(1), 101-123. Doi:10.1177/01427237211058937

Stoehr, A., & Martin, C.D. (2022). The impact of orthographic forms on speech production and perception: An artificial vowel-learning study. Journal of Phonetics, 94. Doi:10.1016/j.wocn.2022.101180

Stoehr, A., & Martin, C.D. (2022). Orthography affects L1 and L2 speech perception but not production in early bilinguals. Bilingualism, 25(1), 108-120. Doi:10.1017/S1366728921000523

2019

Stoehr, A., Benders, T., van Hell, J.G., & Fikkert, P. (2019). Bilingual Preschoolers’ Speech is Associated with Non-Native Maternal Language Input. Language Learning and Development, 15(1), 75-100. Doi:10.1080/15475441.2018.1533473

2018

Stoehr, A., Benders, T., Van Hell, J.G., & Fikkert, P. (2018). Heritage language exposure impacts voice onset time of Dutch-German simultaneous bilingual preschoolers. Bilingualism, 21(3), 598-617. Doi:10.1017/S1366728917000116

Stoehr, A. (2018). Speech production, perception, and input of simultaneous bilingual preschoolers: Evidence from voice onset time (Doctoral dissertation). MPI Series in Psycholinguistics, 131.

2017

Stoehr, A., Benders, T., van Hell, J.G., & Fikkert, P. (2017). Second language attainment and first language attrition: The case of VOT in immersed Dutch–German late bilinguals. Second Language Research, 33(4), 483-518. Doi:10.1177/0267658317704261

2014

Kupisch, T., Lein, T., Barton, D., Schröder, D.J., Stangen, I., & Stoehr, A. (2014). Acquisition outcomes across domains in adult simultaneous bilinguals with French as weaker and stronger language. Journal of French Language Studies, 24(3), 347-376. Doi:10.1017/S0959269513000197

2013

Kupisch, T., Akpinar, D., & Stöhr, A. (2013). Gender assignment and gender agreement in adult bilinguals and second language learners of french. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 3(2), 150-179. Doi:10.1075/lab.3.2.02kup

2026

FLLAPP: Foreign Language Learning and Auditory Processing Precision

Program: Plan Nacional 2025, PID2025-170588NB-I00
Funding agency: Spanish Ministry
09/2026- 08/2029
Funding: 93.750 €
PI: Antje Stoehr Team members: M. del Mar Cordero Rull, Huiyi H, Yue Qiu, Karolina Brós & Rachel Hayes-Harb

2022

Environmental factors on bilingual speech production and perception

Program: FJC2020-044978-I
Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades. Agencia Estatal de Investigación
09/2022- 08/2024
Funding: 52.600 €
PI: Antje Stoehr
MultiActions: Language interactions in multilingualism

Program: PID2021-123578NA-I00
Funding agency: Spanish Ministry
09/2022- 08/2024
Funding: 63.694 €
PI: Antje Stoehr Work team members: Tiphaine Caudrelier, Mina Jevtovi? & Christoforos Souganidis

Juan de la Cierva-Formación (09/2022 - 08/2024), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades. Agencia Estatal de Investigación. BCBL, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship: H2020-MSCA-IF-2018-843533 (01/2020 - 12/2021), European Commission. BCBL, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.

Radboud Internationalisation Grant (08/2016 - 08/2016), Radboud University. University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.

Visiting Student Researcher Program (09/2014 - 06/2015), German-American Fulbright Foundation. The Pennsylvania State University, College Park, PA, USA.

Summer Institute Fellowship (06/2013 - 07/2013), The Linguistic Society of America. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Degree Program Scholarship (08/2010 - 12/2011), The German Academic Exchange Service. University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.

In progress

The link between foreign accent strength and auditory acuity University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU (2022 - 2025)

Defended

Phonetic detail of voicing categories in Basque-Spanish bilinguals: Evidence from production and perception University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU (2018 - 2023)

The Influence of Literacy on Speech: The Orthographic Consistency Effect in Auditory Language Perception and Language Production University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU (2018 - 2021)

2025

Qiu, Y., Martin, C. D., Stoehr, A., & Li, P. (2025). Speech meets reading: orthographic knowledge modulates speech categorization. Poster presentation at Phonetics and Phonology in Europe, June 25th–27th, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

Qiu, Y., Martin, C., Stoehr, A., & Li, P. (2025). Speech meets reading: orthographic knowledge modulates speech categorization. Poster presentation at the International Symposium of Psycholinguistics, May 26th–28th, Barcelona, Spain.

Yang, S., Li, P., Martin, C. D., & Stoehr, A. (2025). Is there a bilingual advantage in foreign language phonological acquisition? Training Spanish-Basque bilinguals in the acquisition of lexical tones in a multi-session study. Poster presentation at the 15th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB15), June 9th–13th, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.

Yang, S., Li, P., Martin, C., & Stoehr, A. (2025). Rewiring auditory ability for language learning: Spanish native speakers’ acquisition of voiceless aspirated stops. Poster presentation at the Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association, June 25th–28th, Tromsø, Norway.

Martin, C. D., Yang, S., Hayes-Harb, R., & Stoehr, A. (2025). Production and perception of novel speech sounds and words after artificial sound-letter association learning. Oral presentation at the 24th biennial conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP), September 1st–6th, Sheffield, UK.

Souganidis, C., Stoehr, A., & Molinaro, N. (2025). Bilinguals access category goodness during early auditory processing of similar L1/L2 sounds. Oral presentation at the International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech (ISMBS), June 16th–19th, Chania, Crete, Greece.

Stoehr, A., Yang, S., Hayes-Harb, R., & Martin, C. D. (2025). Spelling affects vowel and word learning. Oral presentation at the 15th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB15), June 9th–13th, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.

Stoehr, A., Yang, S., Hayes-Harb, R., & Martin, C.D. (2025). Orthographic effects in vowel and word learning: An investigation of individual differences. Oral presentation at the 11th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech (New Sounds), April 23rd–25th, Toronto, Canada.

Thomas, T., Takahesu-Tabori, A., Stoehr, A., & Xu, Y. (2025). The Impact of Voice Onset Time Variability on ASR Performance in Bilingual Spanish-English Children. Oral presentation at the 15th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB15), June 9th–13th, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.

Yang, S., Li, P., Martin, C. D., & Stoehr, A. (2025). The role of domain-general auditory ability in foreign language learning: Training L1-Spanish speakers in the perception and production of lexical tones in a multi-session study. Oral presentation at the 11th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech (New Sounds), April 23rd–25th, Toronto, Canada.

2024

Stoehr, A., Souganidis, C., Thomas, T., Jacobsen, J., & Martin, C. D. (2024). The presence of orthography enhances regressive crosslinguistic influence in Spanish-Basque-English trilinguals. Poster presentation at the International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children, May 23rd–24th, Swansea, UK.

Thomas, T., Stoehr, A., & Xu, Y. (2024). The role of bilingual proficiency in ASR performance of children’s speech. Poster presentation at the Midwest Speech and Language Days Workshop, April 15th-16th, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Thomas, T., Takahesu-Tabori, A., Stoehr, A., & Xu, Y. (2024). ASR performance in Spanish-English bilingual children: the role of bilingual proficiency. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Development Society Conference, March 21st–23rd, Pasadena, CA, USA.

Yang, S., Martin, C. D., & Stoehr, A. (2024). The role of domain-general auditory processing in L2 speech. Poster presentation at the Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association, July 3rd–6th, Montpellier, France.

Martin, C. D., Brouwer, S., Foucart, A., Solchaga Erneta, D., Stoehr, A. (2024). Orthographic effects in L1 speech production. Oral presentation at the Spanish Society for Experimental Psychology (SEPEX) Conference, October 23rd–25th, Almeria, Spain.

Stoehr, A., Fikkert, P., & van Hell, J. G. (2024). Perceptual voicing asymmetries in native speakers of English and Dutch. Oral presentation at Fonologi i Norden, February 23rd–24th, Stockholm, Sweden.

Thomas, T., Takahesu-Tabori, A., Stoehr, A., & Xu, Y. (2024). The impact of bilingual language proficiency on automatic speech recognition accuracy in children. Oral presentation at the International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children, May 23rd–24th, Swansea, UK.

Stoehr, A. (2024). How can orthography inform bilingual language acquisition and speech processing? Keynote at the Konstanz Linguistics Conference, March 21st–22nd, Konstanz, Germany.

2023

Stoehr, A., Souganidis, C., Thomas, T., Jacobsen, J., & Martin, C. D. (2023). Phonetic detail in trilinguals’ speech production in online testing and testing with face masks. Poster presentation at the International Symposium of Psycholinguistics, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.

Thomas, T., Takahesu Tabori, A., Stoehr, A., Varady, C., & Xu, Y. (2023). Does bilingual status influence automatic speech recognition for young Latino children? Poster presentation at the 14th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Sydney, Australia.

Solchaga, D., Stoehr, A., & Martin, C. D. (2023). Orthographic effects in L1 speech production. Oral presentation at the International Symposium of Psycholinguistics, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.

Stoehr, A., Souganidis, C., Thomas, T., & Martin, C. D. (2023). Online testing and testing with face masks are suitable for detect language-specific VOT production in trilinguals. Oral presentation at the 14th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Sydney, Australia.

Martin, C.D., de Bruin, A., Stoehr, A., Hoversten, L., & Jevtovic, M. (2023). Crosslinguistic links and interference in trilingual language production. Invited talk at the Centre for language learning research at the University of Turku, Finland.

Martin, C.D., de Bruin, A., Stoehr, A., Hoversten, L., & Jevtovic, M. (2023). Crosslinguistic links and interference in trilingual language production. Invited talk at the University of Ottawa, Canada.

Stoehr, A. (2023). Early academic careers in Europe. Invited talk at the Professional Development Seminar (online). The Pennsylvania State University

Stoehr, A. (2023). The effects of orthography and backward transfer in crosslinguistic influence. Invited talk at the Speech Science Forum, University College London, November 30th, London, UK.

2022

Dueme, F., Stoehr, A., & Martin, C.D. (2022). Late French-Spanish immersed bilinguals produce language-specific prevoiced plosives. Poster presentation at the 18th Conference on Laboratory Phonology, online.

Jevtović, M., Stoehr, A., Klimovich-Gray, A., Antzaka, A., & Martin, C. D. (2022). Early readers’ knowledge of phoneme-to-grapheme correspondences affects speech sound processing. Poster presentation at the OCP Satellite Phonology and Dyslexia Workshop, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.

Dueme, F., Stoehr, A., & Martin, C.D. (2022). Conflicting grapheme-phoneme mappings lead to the production of hybrid L1/L2 sounds by immersed bilinguals. Oral presentation at the 4th International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children, Tromsø, Norway.

Dueme, F., Stoehr, A., & Martin, C.D. (2022). The presence of orthography during novel sound learning reshapes native speech sound categories. Oral presentation at the 10th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech, Barcelona, Spain.

Souganidis, C., Molinaro, N., & Stoehr, A. (2022). Bilinguals speaking two prevoicing languages produce language-specific voice onset time. Oral presentation at the International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech, Lafayette, LA, USA.

Stoehr, A., Jevtović, M., de Bruin, A., & Martin, C.D (2022). Regressive phonological transfer in early bilingual Spanish-Basque learners of English. Oral presentation at the 12th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism, Zagreb, Croatia.

Stoehr, A., Jevtović, M., de Bruin, A., & Martin, C.D (2022). L3-to-L2 versus L3-to-L1 transfer in Spanish-Basque-English trilinguals: Evidence from phonetics and the lexicon. Oral presentation at the 4th International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children, Tromsø, Norway.

Martin, C.D., Jevtovic, M., Stoehr, A. (2022). Speech sound perception and production: Influence of orthography. Invited talk at Virtual Psycholinguistics Forum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

2021

Dueme, F., Stoehr, A., & Martin, C.D. (2021). The impact of L2 orthography on the production of L1 speech sounds among French natives living in Spain Oral presentation at the 30th Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association, Barcelona, Spain.

Jevtović, M., Stoehr, A., Klimovich-Gray, A., Antzaka, A., & Martin, C. D. (2021). The impact of phoneme-to-grapheme consistency on the production and perception of speech sounds in early Spanish readers. Oral presentation at the International Child Phonology Conference, Lethbridge, Canada.

Stoehr, A., & Martin, C.D. (2021). Orthography’s influence on speech production and perception: An artificial speech sound learning study. Oral presentation at the 30th Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association, Barcelona, Spain.

Stoehr, A., & Martin, C.D. (2021). Does orthography affect speech sound learning in production and perception? Oral presentation at the 2nd International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults in Children (ISBPAC), Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Stoehr, A., & Martin, C.D. (2021). Orthography modulates speech perception in childhood bilinguals. Oral presentation at Psycholinguistics in Flanders, Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Martin, C.D., & Stoehr, A. (2021). Sound learning in perception and production: Effects of orthography. Invited talk at Current Opinion on Audiovisual Integration and Reading (Co-Air)

2020

Furgoni, A., Stoehr, A. & Martin, C.D. (2020). Early readers make use of orthographic representations in speech perception and production. Poster presentation at the 26th Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing Conference, Potsdam, Germany.

Furgoni, A., Stoehr, A., & Martin, C.D. (2020). Speech production also involves orthographic representations: Evidence from Spanish adults and children. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Virtual Meeting, Davis, CA, USA.

Jevtović, M., Stoehr, A., Antzaka, A., & Martin, C.D. (2020). The effects of orthographic consistency at different levels of speech processing in Spanish beginning readers. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Virtual Meeting, Davis, CA, USA.

Souganidis, C., Molinaro, N., & Stoehr, A. (2020). Balanced Spanish-Basque bilinguals produce language-specific voice onset time in prevoiced plosives. Poster presentation at the 26th Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing Conference, Potsdam, Germany.

Stoehr, A., & Martin, C.D. (2020). L1 grapheme-to-phoneme mappings influence L2 speech sound learning in production and perception. Poster presentation at the Conference on Multilingualism, Reading, United Kingdom.

Dueme, F., Martin, C., & Stoehr, A. (2020). The influence of L2 orthography on L1 speech production in immersed bilinguals. Oral presentation at the Conference of the Student Organisation of Linguistics in Europe (ConsOLE), Barcelona, Spain.

Furgoni, A., Stoehr, A., & Martin, C.D. (2020). The influence of orthography on phonemic representations: Evidence from language perception and production. Oral presentation at the 17th Old World Conference on Phonology (OCP17), Warsaw, Poland.

2019

Dueme, F., Stoehr, A., & Martin, C.D. (2019). Does the orthography of a new L2 impact L1 production and perception? Poster presentation at the L2 Pronunciation Research Workshop (l2prw2019), Barcelona, Spain.

Furgoni, A., Stoehr, A., Dueme, F., & Martin, C.D. (2019). Orthographic Consistency Effect: Evidence at the phonemic level. Poster presentation at the International Workshop on Reading and Developmental Dyslexia, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.

Furgoni, A., Stoehr, A., & Martin, C.D. (2019). The orthographic consistency effect in word perception in native speakers of Spanish and French. Oral presentation at the Symposium on Language and Speech, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.

Furgoni, A., Stoehr, A., Dueme, F., & Martin, C.D. (2019). The Orthographic Consistency Effect in language perception: Evidence at the phonemic level. Oral presentation at the 1st International Conference for Young Researchers in Cognitive Linguistics (YRCL1), Madrid, Spain.

2018

Stoehr, A., Benders, T., Van-Hell, J.G., & Fikkert, P. (2018). What affects bilingual children’s speech production? Evidence on the role of perception and accented input on Dutch-German bilingual children’s VOTs. Oral presentation at Current Issues in Child Bilingual Development, Macquarie University, North Ryde, Australia.

2017

Stoehr, A., Zurlo, J., & van-Hell, J.G. (2017). Perceptual voicing asymmetries in Dutch and English native listeners. Poster presentation at Phonetics and Phonology in Europe, Cologne, Germany.

Stoehr, A., Benders, T., van-Hell, J.G., & Fikkert, P. (2017). Cross-linguistic influence at the feature-level: Evidence from Dutch-German bilingual preschoolers. Oral presentation at Bilingualism vs. monolingualism: A new perspective to limitations on L2 acquisition, Toulouse, France.

2016

Zurlo, J., Stoehr, A., & van-Hell, J.G. (2016). An analysis on phonological asymmetries: The effect of voice onset time on Dutch and English monolinguals and bilinguals. Poster presentation at the 3rd Penn State Undergraduate Exhibition in Hispanic and General Linguistics, University Park, PA, USA.

Stoehr, A., Benders, T., van-Hell, J.G., & Fikkert, P. (2016). Phonetic L2 acquisition and L1 attrition in full and partial L2 immersion. Oral presentation at the 26th Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association, Jyväskylä, Finland.

Zurlo, J., Stoehr, A., & van-Hell, J.G. (2016). An analysis on phonological asymmetries: The effect of voice onset time on Dutch and English monolinguals and bilinguals. Oral presentation at the 2016 PIRE Undergraduate Students Research and Travel Presentations. Understanding the Bilingual Mind & Brain: NSF Partnerships for International Research and Education Program, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.

Stoehr, A. (2016). Bilingual parents and bilingual children: The role of accented language input. Oral presentation at the Centre for Language Sciences and ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders Research Colloquium, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia.

2015

Stoehr, A., Benders, T., Fikkert, P., & van-Hell, J.G. (2015). Bilingual acquisition of voicing categories: Do bilingual children mirror their bilingual parents? Poster presentation at the International Symposium for Bilingualism, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.

Stoehr, A., Benders, T., Fikkert, P., & van-Hell, J.G. (2015). Bilingual acquisition of voicing categories: Do bilingual children mirror their bilingual parents? Poster presentation at the CUNY Phonology Forum: Conference on Multilingual Phonology, New York City, NY, USA.

Stoehr, A. (2015). The Dutch screen: Why voicing matters. Oral presentation at the Department of Psychology Cognitive Brown Bag, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.

Stoehr, A., Benders, T., Fikkert, P., & van-Hell, J.G. (2015). Accented input impacts phonological acquisition in bilingual preschoolers. Oral presentation at the International Symposium for Monolingual and Bilingual Speech, Chania, Greece.

2014

Stoehr, A., Benders, T., & Fikkert, P. (2014). When /ba/ becomes /pa/: Bilingual acquisition of voicing categories. Poster presentation at the 13th International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2013

Stoehr, A., Benders, T., & Fikkert, P. (2013). When /ba/ becomes /pa/: Bilingual acquisition of voicing categories. Oral presentation at the 2nd Nijmegen-Cologne (Post-) Doctoral Colloquium, Cologne, Germany.

2011

Hestvik, A., Stöhr, A., & Kurban, E. (2011). Event-related brain potential indices of hyper-active gap-filling. Poster presentation at the Neurobiology of Language Conference, Annapolis, MD, USA.

2010

Stöhr, A., Akpınar D., & Kupisch, T. (2010). Gender in French heritage speakers and adult second language learners. Oral presentation at the 11th Northern German Linguistics Colloquium, Hamburg, Germany.