Fex, Sören M.D., Ph,D., Prof. Born : July 11, 1927 in Helsingborg, Sweden. After medical studies at the University of Lund in southern Sweden, M.D. 1956. Specalized in Phoniatrics, i.e. Voice-, Speech- and Language Disorders, 1963. Head, Phoniatric Department , University Hospital, Lund, 1963 - 92. Doctoral dissertation: „Experimental re-innervation of skeletal muscle and its application at laryngeal pareses“ , Lund University, 1970. Associate Professor 1970. By the University of Lund asked to organize training of speech pathologists at the University. Chairman of the Inst. of Logopedics and Phoniatrics at the Lund University 1971 -90. Received the Gould Award for 1972. Visiting professor at Kurume University, Japan, repeatedly since 1988, in all 8 months. Visiting lecturer in phoniatrics at Ain Shams University, Kairo, Egypt, repeatedly since 1974, Invited speaker at their 15th anniversary, 1989. Honorary Member of the Egyptian Society for Phoniatrics and Logopedics.
		Member of the Voice Committee of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics and of the Committees of Phoniatrics and Voice Care of both the International and the European Federations of Otolaryngologic Societies Selected Publications (papers in Swedish excluded): Nerve implants in botulinum poisoned mammalian muscle. With Sonesson B, Thesleff S and Zelená J. J. Physiol. 1966. 184. 872 Innerevation by nerve implants of „fast“ and „slow“ skeletal muscles of the rat. With Isa Jirmanová Acta Physiol. Scand. 1969. 76: 257 - 269. „Trophic“ influence of implanted fast nerve on innervated slow muscle. Physiol. bohemoslov. 1969. 18:205 - 208. Functioning remobilization of vocal cords in cats with permanent laryngeal nerve pareses. Acta oto-laryng 1970. 69: 294 - 301. Endemic recurrent laryngeal nerve paresis. Correlation between EMG and stroboscopic findings. With Elmqvist D. Acta oto-laryng. 1973, 75: 368 - 369. Inefficacy of Penicillum V in acute laryngitis in adults. Evaluation from results of a double-blind study. With Schalén L et al. Annals ORL 1985. 94:14. Small vocal fold abnormalities and their influence on phonation. With Fex B-I. Proc Vocal Fold Histopathology. A Symposium, ed Kirchner J, 1986: 35. Voice quality after radiotherapy or laser evaporation for vocal fold cancer. With Fex B. Proc. Inter-nat. Conference on Voice, Kurume 1986: 144. A Clinical Procedure for Linear Measurement at the Vocal Fold Level. With Fex B and Hirano M. J. Voice 1991. 5,9: 328 - 331. Perceptual evalution. J. Voice 1992, 6,2: 155 - 158.