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Ira Hirsh

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Ira Hirsh · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Psychologist and pioneer of psychoacoustics

When

1922, New York City, United States — 2010, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Ira Hirsh is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Psychologist and pioneer of psychoacoustics

How & why

Ira Hirsh was an American psychologist and one of the founders of modern audiology, whose research on hearing, speech perception and psychoacoustics reshaped audiometry and deaf education. He was a distinguished professor at Washington University in St. Louis and president of the Acoustical Society of America. He was born to a Jewish family in New York.

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Psychologist and pioneer of psychoacoustics

1922

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology