M.D., Ph.D., Prof.
born: December 24, 1922
Nationality: Finn
married: 1946 with Eeva Reunanen (born 1925), special teacher and speech therapist,
5 children, 3 grandchild, 1 great grandchild.
Address: Gummeruksenkatu 3 B 24, 40100 Jyväskylä Finland, telephone + 014 618 915, e-Mail asonnine@jyu.fi (home)
Languages: Finnish (native), working knowledge of Swedish, English, German, French.
Secondary school in Kuopio, Finland. Studies at the University of Helsinki in Medical school 1945-. Medical Doctor 1950, Doctoral dissertation approved by the University of Helsinki 1956, Specialist in
phoniatrics 1956 and in oto-, rhino- and laryngology 1957.
Employment
Senior physician and chief physician (phoniatrics) 1957-64 in Helsinki University Hospital. Head of the phoniatric department in central hospital of Central Finland (Jyväskylä) 1964-85. Senior lecturer in logopedics, clinical speech research and phoniatrics of University of Jyväskylä 1968-85 and in voice research of Sibelius Academy Helsinki 1990-95.
Present position
Retired 1986.
Publications
Total 184 in Finish, Swedish, German, French, Italian, Spanish or Polish.
Other merits
Qualifications in associate professor of logopedics in University of Helsinki 1983. Membre Titulaire de la Collége International de Phonologie Experimental. Membre Correspendants Etranger de la Societe Francaise de Phoniatrie. Honorary Membership of International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics. President (1978) and honorary member of Union of the European Phoniatricians, and of the Egyptian Society for Phoniatrics and Logopedics. Professor honoris causae appointed by the President of the Republic of Finland. International Gould Award 1978, Quintana Award 1997 and G. Paul Moore Lecturer 1997. Instrumental activity in the founding of many associations and societies, among other the Finnish Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, as well as clubs for stuttering, hearing impaired and laryngectomized individuals, in the organization of the training for phoniatricians, speech therapists, and teachers of special education, as well as in the founding of the departments of phoniatrics in Helsinki (1961), Jyväskylä (1964) and Oulu (1972) and of the first school for hearing-impaired children in Finland. Paul Harris Fellow in the Rotary international. Second lieutenant in Russo-Finnish war in 1941-44 ; 15per cent invalid (brain injury 1944).
Selected Publications
Laryngeal signs and symptoms of goitre. - Folia phoniat. 1960:12:41- 47
Endocrinological laryngopathy. (& S.Timonen and K. Wichmann).- Ann. chir. et gyn. Fenniae 1962:Suppl.107:27-56
Les retards du langage.- In: Moles A. et Vallancien B. (Edit.).- Phonetique et Phonation. Paris: Masson & Cie, 1966;151-167
An international terminology in the field of logopedics and phoniatrics. (& P.H.Damsté). - Folia phoniat. 1971:23:1-32
On vocal strain. (& P.H.Damsté, J. Jol and J. Fokkens). - Folia phoniat. 1972:24:321-336]
Microdynamics in vocal fold vibration. (& P.H. Damsté, J. Jol, J. Fokkens and J. Roelofs). - Acta oto-laryng. 1974:78:129-134
Screening for neonatal hearing disorders in the province of Central Finland (& T. Pyörälä and A. Klemetti). - Ann. Chir. et gyn. Fenniae 1975: 64:180-188
Studies on nasality. (& J. Lehtonen). - Proc. 17th Int. Congr. Logop. And Phon. 15th - 18th August Copenhagen Denmark: Specialpaedagogisk forlag 1977:575-584
Non-verbal communication in autistic children. (& E. Hiekkala, A. Hietala, A. Ketvel, E. Laitinen and M. Suosalmi). - Proc. 17th Int. Congr. Logop. and Phon. 15th-18th August, Copenhagen Denmark: Specialpaedagogisk forlag 1977:81-100
Rhinolalia clausa - a paradox? (& J. Lehtonen). - HNO-Praxis, Leipzig 1981:6:227
Clinical and acoustical observations on hoarseness. (& P. Hurme).- Kirjassa: L.Surijan, Gy. Bodö, (Edit.), Proc. XII World Congress of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Budapest June 21- 26, 1981:671-674
Computer voice fields in basic phonation research: Rotation vs. gliding in cricothyroid articulation (& E. Vilkman, P.Hurme R.Toivonen), Scandinavian Journal of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, 1987:12: 20-28
Ontology and Communication in Speech and Voice Therapy, Indledningsforelæsning. Nordisk logopedi og foniatri Status&Udvikling. 3. Nordiske Kongres for Logopedi og Foniatri i Göteborg 6.-9. oktober 1994.
Audiologpædisk Forening København 1994, 14-24 -(&P. Hurme) Vertical and sagittal position of larynx in singing. In Proceedings of the XIIIth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Stockholm, 13-19 August, 1995. (Edit. K Elenius & P Branderud) 1:214-217.
Reflections on European Voice Research 3-16. Scandinavian Voice Research open Symposium in Honor of Aatto Sonninen. Hanasaari, Helsinki, Spetember 14&15,1996. Röstfondet, Röstfrämjandet. Departmen of Speech, Music & Hearing, KTH.
(&Karma K, Hurme P, Laukkanen A-M & Honkonen T). Supported voice is good voice: Perceptual, physiological and acoustic observations of singing. Scandinavian Voice Research open Symposium in Honor of Aatto Sonninen. Hanasaari, Helsinki, September 14&15,1996, 35. Röstfonden, Röstfrämjandet. Department of Speech, Music & Hearing, KTH 3-4
(& Hurme P). Vocal Fold Strain and Vocal Pitch in Singing: Radiographic Observations of Singers and Nonsingers. Journal of Voice 1998;12:274-286
(& Hurme P, Laukkanen A-M). The External Frame Function in the Control of Pitch, Register, and Singing Mode: Radiographic Observations of a Female Singer. Journal of Voice 1999;13/3:319-340