Eva Björkner
Ph. D 

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Fields of interest:

  • The singing voice
  • The influence of subglottal pressure on the voice source
  • Differences between singing styles in terms of  - the acoustic, voice source  conditions, muscular- & aerodynamical forces, posture, etc.

KTH - Royal Institute of Technology
TMH - Dept of Speech, Music and Hearing

Contact information:

Lindstedtsv. 24
100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Work phone: +46 706 204720
Email:bjorkner@kth.se

In other countries:
2003 - 2006 at TKK - Finland


2006 Apr - Oct at the Music Techn Research group -Univ of York


Publications

Björkner E.  
- Musical Theatre and Opera singing - Why so different? A study of subglottal pressure, voice source and formant frequency characteristics. -
Accepted for publication in Journal of Voice 2006.

Björkner E, Sundberg J, and Alku P.
- Subglottal pressure and Normalized Amplitude Quotient variation in classically trained baritone singers.-
Logop Phoniatr Vocol  2006
; 31:159-165.

Björkner E, Sundberg J, Cleveland T, and Stone E.
- Voice source differences between registers in female musical theatre singers.-
J Voice 2006;20(2):187-197
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Alku P, Airas M, Björkner E, and Sundberg J.
- An Amplitude Quotient based method to Analyze changes in the shape of the glottal pusle in regulation of vocal intensity. -
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 2006; 120(2):1052-1062.

Laukkanen
A-M, Björkner E, and Sundberg, J.
- Throaty Voice Quality: Subglottal Pressure, Voice Source, and Formant Characteristics. - 
J Voice 2005; 20 (1) 25-37
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Lehto L, Airas M, Björkner E, Sundberg J, and Alku P.
- Comparison of two inverse filtering methods in parameterization of the glottal closing phase characteristics in different phonation types. -

Accepted for publication in Journal of Voice 6/2005. Available online.

Birch P, Gümoes B, Stavad H, Prytz S, Björkner E, and Sundberg J.
- Velum behavior in professional classical operatic singing. -
J Voice, 2002; 16 No1, pp. 61-71
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Other publications


Bergqvist, LL., Björkner, E., Katz-Salamon, M., Hertegård, S., & Milerad, J. Mode of delivery influences pain and discomfort expressions in newborn infants, 2002 PEDIATRIC RESEARCH 51(4):362A-363A


Conferense papers

Björkner E. - 
Musical Theatre and Opera singing
- Why so different? A study of subglottal pressure, voice source and formant frequency characteristics.

The Voice Foundation's 35th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, Philadelphia, USA, May 31 - June 4, 2006.


Björkner E, Sundberg J, and Alku P.
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NAQ variation with subglottal pressure in classically trained baritone singers -
PEVOC6. London, UK, 31 August - 3 September, 2005.

Björkner E.
- The Normalized Amplitude Quotient in glottal source paramterization of the singing voice; An overview. -
The Voice Foundation's 34th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, Philadelphia, USA, June 1-5, 2005.

Björkner E, Sundberg J, Alku P.- Subglottal pressure and  NAQ variation in Classically Trained  Baritone  Singers. -  "A STINT on voice research"-meeting, York , England, April 17, 2005.

Björkner E, Sundberg J, Cleveland T, and Stone R.
- Voice source register differences in female musical theatre singers -
in Proceedings of Baltic-Nordic Acoustics Meeting 2004 (BNAM2004), Mariehamn, Aland, June 8-10, 2004. CD-ROM Proceedings

Björkner E, Sundberg J, Cleveland T, and Stone R.
- Voice Source Characteristics in Different Registers in Classically Trained Female Musical Theatre Singers
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In Proceedings of the 18th International Congress on Acoustics (ICA), Kyoto, Japan, April 4-9, 2004.
Mo4.C1.2::297-300.

Eva Björkner & Johan Sundberg - MR & Areafunction Study of Throaty Voice Quality -
Nordic Speech Seminar, November 13th, 2003

Eva Björkner & Johan Sundberg
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MR & Areafunction Study of Throaty Voice Quality -
VOQUAL’03, ISCA Tutorial & Research Workshop, August 27-29, 2003

Birch P, Björkner E, Gumoes B, Prytz S, Karle A, Stavad H, and Sundberg J.
- Effects of velopharyngeal opening on the sound transfer characteristics of the vowel /a/. -
PEVOC IVPan European Voice Conference, August 23-26 2001, Stockholm


Posters

Björkner E, Sundberg J, and Alku P.
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Subglottal Pressure and NAQ Variation in Voice Production of Classically Trained Baritone Singers. - Interspeech'2005 - Eurospeech, 9th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology. Lisboa, Portugal, September 4-8, 2005. Abstract

Rosenberg S, Sundberg J, and Björkner E.
- Attracting cows - What is the dB price in “kulning”? -

PEVOC6. London, UK, 31 August - 3 September, 2005. 1st price winner. Pdf


Other studies I've been involved in

Bergqvist L, Björkner E, Katz-Salamon M, Hertegård S, Milerad J.
- Har vi ett medfött smärtskrik?  -
October 25-26, 2001
,  www.sfog.se/perinatalarg/vecka432001.htm





Updated  03.04.2005 Maintained by Eva Björkner