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DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-832861
Ira Hirsh as a Pioneer in Audiology: His Contributions to the Clinical Measurement of Hearing and Hearing Impairment
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Publikationsdatum:
02. September 2004 (online)

Ira Hirsh's contributions to clinical science and research are diverse and significant. In fact, approximately one third of the 100+ publications that Ira lists in his curriculum vitae (CV) are clinical in nature, dealing with various aspects of audiology, deafness, hearing aids, aural rehabilitation, and speech and language pathology. The majority of these citations, fully one fourth of his publication list, addresses problems specific to the clinical measurement of hearing and hearing impairment. Undoubtedly, the most influential of these published works appears in his CV under the citation The Measurement of Hearing. The preface for this publication, his only textbook, was penned in June 1952. The aims of this article are to (1) provide perspective on the fundamental importance of his virtually timeless text in shaping the fledgling discipline of audiology, and (2) celebrate Ira's many contributions to the profession and practice of audiology.
KEYWORDS
Audiology - deafness - hearing aids - aural rehabilitation - hearing - hearing impairment
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Craig FormbyPh.D.
Division of Otolaryngology-HNS, The University of Maryland, School of Medicine
16 South Eutaw St., Suite 500
Baltimore, MD 21201
eMail: cformby@smail.umaryland.edu