← back to search

Tom Francart

KU Leuven · BE
Area of research
Cognitive Neuroscience · Signal Processing
Research interest
Research interests include Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Neural dynamics and brain function, and Speech and Audio Processing.
h-index
38
citations
5,289
works
307
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Neural Speech Tracking Contribution of Lip Movements Predicts Behavioral Deterioration When the Speaker's Mouth Is Occluded
eNeuro 2025cited by 4position: middledoi
Neural tracking of natural speech: an effective marker for post-stroke aphasia
Brain Communications 2025cited by 3position: middledoi
What are we <i>really</i> decoding? Unveiling biases in EEG-based decoding of the spatial focus of auditory attention
Journal of Neural Engineering 2024cited by 37position: lastdoi
Exploring neural tracking of acoustic and linguistic speech representations in individuals with post‐stroke aphasia
Human Brain Mapping 2024cited by 21position: middledoi
Functional connectivity of stimulus-evoked brain responses to natural speech in post-stroke aphasia
medRxiv 2024cited by 1position: lastdoi
Relating EEG to continuous speech using deep neural networks: a review
Journal of Neural Engineering 2023cited by 77position: lastdoi
Decoding of the speech envelope from EEG using the VLAAI deep neural network
Scientific Reports 2023cited by 66position: lastdoi
Neural envelope tracking predicts speech intelligibility and hearing aid benefit in children with hearing loss
Hearing Research 2023cited by 42position: lastdoi
Effectiveness of Auditory Training in Experienced Hearing-Aid Users, and an Exploration of Their Health-Related Quality of Life and Coping Strategies
Trends in Hearing 2023cited by 15position: middledoi
EEG reveals brain network alterations in chronic aphasia during natural speech listening
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2023cited by 8position: lastdoi
Neural tracking as a diagnostic tool to assess the auditory pathway
Hearing Research 2022cited by 60position: middledoi
Speech Understanding Oppositely Affects Acoustic and Linguistic Neural Tracking in a Speech Rate Manipulation Paradigm
Journal of Neuroscience 2022cited by 55position: lastdoi
Hearing loss is associated with delayed neural responses to continuous speech
European Journal of Neuroscience 2022cited by 47position: lastdoi
Neural tracking of linguistic and acoustic speech representations decreases with advancing age
NeuroImage 2022cited by 40position: lastdoi
EEG-based detection of the locus of auditory attention with convolutional neural networks
eLife 2021cited by 143position: lastdoi
Effect of number and placement of EEG electrodes on measurement of neural tracking of speech
PLoS ONE 2021cited by 65position: lastdoi
Neural tracking of the fundamental frequency of the voice: The effect of voice characteristics
European Journal of Neuroscience 2021cited by 44position: lastdoi
EEG-based diagnostics of the auditory system using cochlear implant electrodes as sensors
Scientific Reports 2021cited by 39position: lastdoi
Hearing impairment is associated with enhanced neural tracking of the speech envelope
Hearing Research 2020cited by 99position: lastdoi
Fast EEG-Based Decoding Of The Directional Focus Of Auditory Attention Using Common Spatial Patterns
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 2020cited by 86position: middledoi
An LSTM based architecture to relate speech stimulus to EEG
Lirias (KU Leuven) 2020cited by 54position: middledoi
Top‐down modulation of neural envelope tracking: The interplay with behavioral, self‐report and neural measures of listening effort
European Journal of Neuroscience 2020cited by 47position: lastdoi
Modeling the relationship between acoustic stimulus and EEG with a dilated convolutional neural network
2020cited by 47position: lastdoi
The interplay of top-down focal attention and the cortical tracking of speech
Scientific Reports 2020cited by 45position: lastdoi
Linear versus deep learning methods for noisy speech separation for EEG-informed attention decoding
Journal of Neural Engineering 2020cited by 45position: middledoi
Evidence for enhanced neural tracking of the speech envelope underlying age-related speech-in-noise difficulties
Journal of Neurophysiology 2019cited by 135position: lastdoi
Predicting individual speech intelligibility from the cortical tracking of acoustic- and phonetic-level speech representations
Hearing Research 2019cited by 125position: lastdoi
Effect of Task and Attention on Neural Tracking of Speech
Frontiers in Neuroscience 2019cited by 92position: lastdoi
An Interpretable Performance Metric for Auditory Attention Decoding Algorithms in a Context of Neuro-Steered Gain Control
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 2019cited by 62position: middledoi
EEG-based detection of the locus of auditory attention with convolutional neural networks
Lirias (KU Leuven) 2019cited by 35position: last

Grants

No grants ingested yet.

Frequent collaborators

Jonas Vanthornhout · Allen Institute for Brain Science15 papers (2018–2025)Alexander Bertrand · KU Leuven12 papers (2016–2024)Lien Decruy · KU Leuven8 papers (2018–2022)Marlies Gillis · Allen Institute for Brain Science6 papers (2022–2025)Neetha Das · KU Leuven6 papers (2016–2021)Jan Wouters · KU Leuven6 papers (2015–2023)Eline Verschueren · KU Leuven5 papers (2018–2023)Maaike Vandermosten · Allen Institute for Brain Science5 papers (2022–2025)Hugo Van hamme · KU Leuven5 papers (2020–2023)Jill Kries · Allen Institute for Brain Science5 papers (2022–2025)Pieter De Clercq · Allen Institute for Brain Science4 papers (2023–2025)Bernd Accou · KU Leuven4 papers (2020–2023)Simon Geirnaert · KU Leuven3 papers (2019–2024)Jair Montoya-Martínez · KU Leuven3 papers (2020–2021)Ramtin Mehraram · Allen Institute for Brain Science3 papers (2023–2025)Mohammad Jalilpour Monesi · KU Leuven3 papers (2020–2023)Ben Somers · KU Leuven3 papers (2018–2023)Amir H. Ansari · KU Leuven2 papers (2019–2021)Servaas Vandecappelle · KU Leuven2 papers (2019–2021)Jana Van Canneyt · KU Leuven2 papers (2021–2022)