M.D., Ph.D., Prof.
Fågelsångsvägen 22, S-191 44 SOLLENTUNA
Born in Stockholm July 31, 1926. Graduated from Karolinska institutet, the medical school in Stockholm, in 1951. Finished specialization in phoniatrics in 1958.
Appointments
1958-66 Head, section of phoniatrics, dept. of otolaryngology, University Hospital of Göteborg
1966-68 Research Associate, Kresge Hearing Research Unstitute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
1968-73 Head, section of phoniatrics, dept. of Otolaryngology, University hospital of Göteborg
1974-91 Chairman, dept. of logopedics and pphoniatrics Huddinge university hospital, Karolinska institutet, Stockholm
Swedish Association of phoniatrics and logopedics, co-founder, secretary 1959-66
Société Française de Phoniatrie, member since 1958
IALP, International association of logopedics and phoniatrics, member 1959, board member 1965, treasurer 1968-71, general secretary 1971-77, president 1980-83, honorary member since 1992
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Stimm- und Sprachheilkunde since 1960
American Speech Language Hearing Association, member since1967, fellow 1970
Röstfrämjandet (the society for promotion of voice), founder and president since 1990, editor of its journal
Selected publications
The velopharyngeal muscles in speech - an electromyographic and sinéradiographic study. Acta Otolaryngol 1969, suppl 250, 1-81 (doctoral diss)
Phoniatric diagnosis. Acta Otolaryngol 1970, suppl 263, 48-51
Engström K, Fritzell B & Johanson B: A study of speech improvement following palatopharyngeal flap surgery. Cleft Palate J 1970, 7, 419-431
Vennard W, Hirano M & Fritzell B: Laryngeal synergy in singing - the extrinsic laryngeal muscles .NATS Bulletin 1971, No 4, May-June, 22-30
Foniatri för medicinare (phoniatrics for students of medicine). Almqvist & Wiksell 1973, 123 pages, (2:a uppl. 1977)
The prognosis of stuttering in school children. Proc 16th Int Congr IALP Interlaken 1974, 128-131
Palatal function. Scientific Foundations of Otolaryngology, eds Hinchcliffe & Harrison, Heinemann Medical Books, London 1976, 484-493
Training programs in phoniatrics. Folia Phoniat 1980, 32, 85-102
Fritzell B, Gauffin J, Hammarberg B, Karlsson I & Sundberg J: Measuring insufficient vocal fold closure during phonation. Sthlm Music Acoust Conf 1983, I, 175-186
Hammarberg B, Fritzell B & Schiratzki H: Teflon injection in 16 patients with paralytic dysphonia: Perceptual and acoustic evaluations. J Speech & Hearing Dis 1984, 49, 72-82
Fritzell B & Hertegård S: A retrospective study of vocal fold oedema. Vocal Fold Histopath, J Kirchner ed, College Hill Press, San Diego 1986, 57-63
Dysphonia in professional voice users. Acta Phoniatrica Latina 1988, X, 315-320
Fritzell B, Hammarberg B, Schiratzki H, Haglund S, Knutsson E Mårtensson A: Long-term results of recurrent laryngeal nerve resection for adductor spamodic dysphonia. J Voice 1993, 7, 172-178
Clinical training in phoniatrics. Voice (The Journal of the British Voice Association) 1994, 3, 37-41
Voice disorders and occupations. Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology 1996, 21, 7-11