1941 KOPETZKY, Samuel Joseph (1876 – 1950)
History and present status of operations on the labyrinthine capsule for otosclerosis.
Kopetzky improved the technique of the fenestration operation. The above has a useful history of the development of this operation. See also his earlier papers in Ann. Otol. (St. Louis), 1930, 39, 996; 1931, 40, 157.
GMN 3411 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5222
1942 SHAMBAUGH, George Elmer Jr. (1903 – 1999)
The surgical treatment of deafness.
Shambaugh improved the technique of the fenestration operation. See also Ann. Otol. (St. Louis), 1942, 51, 817-25.
GMN 3412 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5224
1944 EWING, Irene Rosetta (1883 – 1959); EWING, Sir Alexander William Gordon (1896 – 1980)
The ascertainment of deafness in infancy and early childhood.
Tests of hearing in children.
GMN 3412.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5226
1946 METZ, Otto (1905 – 1993)
The acoustic impedance measured on normal and pathological ears. Orientating studies on the applicability of impedance measurement.
The modern impedance test was developed by Metz.
GMN 3412.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5229
1947 BÉKÉSY, Georg von (1899 – 1972)
A new audiometer.
Semi-automatic (Békésy) audiometer.
GMN 3412.3 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5231
1949 DAGGETT, William Ingledew (1900 – 1980)
Operative treatment of chronic suppurative otitis media.
Tympanoplasty.
GMN 3412.4 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5236
1949 STEVENSON, Robert Scott (1889 – 1967); GUTHRIE, Douglas James (1885 – 1975)
A history of oto-laryngology
From antiquity to the beginning of the 20th century.
GMN 3342 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5258
1951 WAARDENBURG, Petrus Johannes (1886 – 1979)
A new syndrome combining developmental anomalies of the eyelids, eyebrows and nose root with pigmentary defects of the iris and head hair with congenital deafness.
“Waardenburg’s syndrome”.
GMN 4154.4 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5883
1952 HALLPIKE, Charles Skinner (1900 – 1979); DIX, Margaret Ruth (1902 – 1991)
The pathology, symptomatology and diagnosis of certain common disorders of the vestibular system.
Dix–Hallpike test or Nylen–Barany test, a diagnostic maneuver used to identify benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link.
GMN 12209 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14419
1953 ROSEN, Samuel (1897 – 1981)
Mobilization of the stapes to restore hearing in otosclerosis.
Transmeatal exposure of the middle ear.
GMN 3412.5 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5238
1954 BOCCA, Ettore (1914 – ); ET AL
A new method for testing hearing in temporal lobe tumours. Preliminary report.
The first tests for disorders of central auditory function were developed by Bocca, C. Calearo, and V. Cassinari.
GMN 3412.6 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5241
1958 SHEA, John Joseph Jr (1924 – 2015)
Fenestration of the oval window.
Stapedectomy.
GMN 3412.7 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5243
1960 BENDER, Ruth Elaine
The conquest of deafness: a history of the long struggle to make possible normal living to those handicapped by lack of normal hearing.
Education for the deaf.
GMN 3415.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5262
1960 FELDMANN, Harald (1926 – )
Die geschichtliche Entwicklung der Hörprüfungsmethoden. Kurze Darstellung und Bibliographie von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart.
English translation, 1970.
GMN 3415.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5264
1961 HOUSE, William Fouts
Surgical exposure of the internal auditory canal and is contents through the middle cranial fossa.
House, an otologist, pioneered exploration of the internal auditory canal and removal of acoustic neuromas through the microscope. His success stimulated neurosurgeons to pursue the application of the operating micros…
GMN 11993 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14201
1965 SIMMONS, Francis Blair (1930 – 1998)
Auditory nerve.
Describes the first "chronically" implanted or permanent cochlear implant. With John M. Epley of Stanford; Robert C. Lummis, Newman Guttman, Lawrence C. Frishkopf of Bell Telephone Laboratories; and Leon D. Harmon and…
GMN 7233 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9402
1966 SIMMONS, Francis Blair (1930 – 1998)
Electrical Stimulation of the Auditory Nerve in Man.
This detailed psychophysical and electrophysiological analysis of one patient proved that a cochlear implant provided sufficient information to the central nervous system for the understanding of speech.
GMN 7234 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9403
1976 LANE, Harlan (1936 – )
The wild boy of Aveyron.
GMN 7486 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9658
1980 GUERRIER, Yves; MOUNIER-KUHN, Pierre
Histoire des maladies de l’oreille, du nez et de la gorge. Les grandes étapes de l’oto-rhino-laryngologie.
GMN 3415.22 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5268
1981 WILLEMOT, Jacques; ET AL
Naissance et développement de l’oto-rhino-laryngologie dans l’histoire de la médecine. 3 vols.
GMN 3342.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4613
1984 BERGER, Kenneth W.
The hearing aid: its operations and development. Third edition.
Includes a comprehensive listing of manufacturers and the models each produced.
GMN 3415.21 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5266
1994 BENNION, Elisabeth
Antique hearing devices.
GMN 12924 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15171
2002 RUBEN, Robert J. (1933 – )
Hear, Hear! Six Centuries of Otology, from the Collection of Robert J. Ruben.
Very well annotated descriptions of over 100 classics in the history of otology.
GMN 7231 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9400
2003 SPOOR, Fred; HUBLIN, Jean-Jacques (1953 – ); ZONNEFELD, Frans W.
The bony labyrinth of Neanderthals.
Computed tomography of the inner ear of 20 Neanderthal specimens directed by Spoor showed that the Neanderthal semicircular canal is subtly distinct in size, shape, and orientation from that of modern humans. With Mar…
GMN 7261 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9430
2013 MUDRY, Albert; MILLS, Mara
The early history of the cochlear implant: A retrospective.
GMN 7235 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9404
2014 PAPPAS, Dennis G.
An annotated bibliography of the Dennis G. Pappas Otolaryngology Collection at the Reynolds Historical Library.
Digital edition available from https://library.uab.edu/images/reynolds-finley/collections/otolaryngology/pappas-annotated-bibliography.pdf
GMN 11157 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13354
2017 BALOH, Robert W.
Vertigo: Five physician scientists and the quest for a cure.
Concerns the work of Prosper Ménière, Josef Breuer, Robert Bárány, Charles Hallpike, and Harold Schuknecht.
GMN 14347 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16677
2018 PHILLIPS, John S.; ERSKINE, Sally
Landmark papers in otolaryngology. Edited by John S. Phillips and Sally Erskine.
GMN 12390 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14617
2020 VIRDI, Jaipreet
Hearing happiness: Deafness cures in history.
GMN 13517 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15792
2021 RUBEN, Robert J. (1933 – )
The history of pediatric and adult hearing screening.
GMN 13486 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15760
