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Results in Man

F. BLAIR SIMMONS, MD; CHARLES J. MONGEON, MD; WILLIAM R. LEWIS, MD; DOROTHY A. HUNTINGTON, PhD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1964;79(6):559-567.

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Electrical stimulation of the auditory apparatus resulting in the perception of sound is now well into its second century, having first been observed by Alessandro Volta and communicated by him to the Royal Society in 1800. He connected a group of batteries to two metal rods inserted in his ears, closed the circuit and received "une secousse dans la tête" (a blow in the head), which was followed by a noise which he compared to the boiling of thick soup.¹ Reports of alternating current stimulation of the ear were sporadic between Volta's time and the invention of the vacuum tube when a relative torrent of such reports began, the earliest by radio enthusiasts. In 1930, a brief professional report by Jellinek and Scheiber appeared.² Gaining further impetus a short time later from the famed report of Wever and Bray,³ at least 18 articles were published between 1930 . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
PALO ALTO, CALIF

Division of Otolaryngology, Stanford University, School of Medicine.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication July 26, 1963.

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