Bekesy, Georg von

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Békésy,

Georg von, Hungarian biophysicist in U.S. and Nobel laureate, 1899-1972.

Békésy audiometer - an automatic audiometer.

Békésy audiometry - automatic audiometry.

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Georg Von Bekesy (1899-1972) published his first paper on the pattern of vibration inside inner ear, in 1928.

A STUDY OF ASSESSMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS IN INDUSTRIAL WORKERS

This simplification is fundamental to Zwislocki's transmission line theory [31] to interpret the passive vibration data observed by von Bekesy [34].

Hydromechanical Structure of the Cochlea Supports the Backward Traveling Wave in the Cochlea In Vivo

Also, von Bekesy [2] proved that the tactile transmission is made spectrally, later on drawing the conclusion that the transmission of the signals of all analysers can be described by mathematical equations specific to waves.

Physical-mathematical models for new paradigms in neuroscience. Part II--An electromagnetic theory of the brain

This effect was observed firs by von Bekesy already in the fifties of 20th century (Bekesy, 1960).