Background
Smoorenburg, Guido Franciscus was born on August 2, 1943 in Haarlem, The Netherlands. Son of Henk F. and Felicia (Dronkers) Smoorenburg.
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Guido Franciscus Smoorenburg, Dutch biophysicist, educator. Achievements include co-founder Utrecht Biophysics Institute, 1990; early description of nonlinear mechanics in the cochlea; internationally recognized damage risk criteria for impulse noise; methods for assessing speech perception by hearing impaired. Recipient postdoctoral stipend Dutch Science Foundation, The Hague, 1971-1972.
Education
Master of Science, Utrecht University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Utrecht University, 1971.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow University Wisconsin, Madison, 1971-1972. Consultant, head department perception The Netherlands Organization Institute for Human Factors, Soesterberg, The Netherlands, since 1971. Professor experimental audiology Utrecht University, The Netherlands, since 1980.
Republican The Netherlands to European Community Program Technology for Communication in the Hearing Impaired, 1987-1990.
Achievements
Membership
Member Acoustical Society of America, Association Research Otolaryngology, Dutch Biophysics Society (chairman auditory chapter since 1992), Netherlands Biophysics Society (board directors 1987-1991).
Connections
Married Deana Olyslager, April 3, 1968. Children: Jeroen V., Claire C.
