Heinrich Adolf Rinne

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Heinrich Adolf Rinne

Heinrich Adolf Rinne (born January 24, 1819 in Vlotho ; † July 26, 1868 in Hildesheim ) was a German otologist working in Göttingen .

In 1855 he published the Rinne experiment , which was later named after him , an examination method for hearing tests. In this work ( Contributions to the Physiology of the Human Ear ) he described the anatomy and physiology of sound conduction at the ear, as well as 22 different tests for the function of the same, including the now known Rinne test.

Publications

  • About the vocal organ and the formation of language. [Müller's] Archive for Anatomy, Physiology and Scientific Medicine, Berlin, 1850.
  • Contributions to the physiology of the human ear. Quarterly for Practical Medicine, Volume 45, 1855.
  • About the shapes of the sky vault. Journal for rational medicine, Leipzig and Heidelberg, 1866.
  • Materialism and ethical need in relation to psychology. Vieweg, Braunschweig 1868.

literature

  • Elliot Benjamin: "The men and their forks." Heinrich Adolf Rinne (1819–1868), Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795–1878) Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery 2000; 4: 120–121 ( PDF file ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ))

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personal data
SURNAME Rinne, Heinrich Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German otologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Vlotho
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 1868
Place of death Hildesheim