M.D.
Born
26 October 1924 at Groningen (NL)
Education and training
1936-1942 Classical Gymnasium in Amsterdam
Study at the Medical Faculty of the University of Amsterdam
Military Service as a Medical Officer
Specialization at ENT-Clinic of University of Amsterdam
(Head: Prof Dr L.B.W. Jongkees)
Dissertation on thesis “The soft palate in speech”.
Consultant Ear- Nose- Throat specialist at:
University of Amsterdam, Department of Otorhino-laryngology and Phoniatrics
Municipal Hospital of Amsterdam (Slotervaart-Hospital)
Municipal Public Health Services of the cities of Amsterdam and Haarlem (1957-1989)
Special Schools for children with speech and hearing disorders at Amsterdam and Haarlem
Cleft Palate Team at Elisabeth Hospital of Haarlem
Social activities
Association for Logopedics and Phoniatrics in the Netherlands:
1959-1962 - Chairman of the Amsterdam district;
1961-1977 - Vice-president of National Board;
1975-1977 - President of Foundation for Logopedical Training;
1954-1975 - Teacher at training-course for Audiology, Anatomy,
Physiology and Pathology of speech organs;
2) Member of IALP, UEP, COMET, Dutch Phoniatrical Society
(for Voice, Speech and Language Pathology)
Dutch Society of Otolaryngology
Selected publications
1956 Practica ORL 18; 305: Radiography of the soft palate function in speech. 1957 Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde: De open neusspraak. (NTvG) 101; 1005- 1010
1958 A.M.A. Archives of Otolaryngology 67; 655-659: Movements of the superior structures in the laryngectomized patient. (with W.H. Struben)
1965 Erven F. Bohn, Haarlem, Thesis: Het zachte gehemelte bij de spraak. (The soft palate in speech)
1966 Speech Pathology 480-501 (Speech Pathology in Holland. North Holland Publ.Cy)
1967 Practica ORL 29; 129-140 On open nasal speech following adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy.
1968 14th IALP Congress Paris, Proceedings pp.510-515: The soft palate in singing: a radiographical study.
1969 Le langage et l’homme 10; 20-26 (Bruxelles): La nasalité et la gutturalité certaines langues.
1974 HNO 22; 92-96 (Zeitschrift für Hals- Nasen- Ohrenheilkunde) Springer Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York.: Audiologische und phoniatrische Aphasie- Aspekte als Kommunikationsstörung.
1974 Journal of Communication Disorders 7; 257-262: Psychosomatic aspects of endocrine disorders of the voice.
1980 Folia Phoniat. 32; 254: About cleft palate and nasal speech in Proc. IALP, 18th Congress Washington D.C. Amsterdam.
1980 75 Jahre Phoniatrie; Festschrift H.Gutzmann, sen. Berlin, pag. 123-129: Die Entwicklung der Phoniatrie in den Niederlanden (mit F.J. Wilms und P.H. Damsté).
1981 9th UEP Congress Amsterdam, Proceedings pp. 72-74: On nasality (rhinophonia) in patients with severe hearing disorders.
1986 13th UEP Congress Vienna, Proceedings pp. 71-72: Relations between facial nerve, facialmuscles and soft palate in speech. (with R.S. van Gelder)
1990 Int. Journal of Psychology 25; 141-155: Facial expression and speech: neuroanatomical considerations (with R.S. van Gelder)
1998 24th IALP Congress Amsterdam, Proceedings Vol II, 995-997: Hendrik Burger and Louise Kaiser, pioneers of laryngology and speech science in the Netherlands.