Word: jellinek
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last fortnight the Medical Association of Vienna sat in their chambers, listened to Professor Stephan Jellinek, electropathologist, and Theodore Scheiber, electrical engineer, tell how an apparatus invented by them might make the answer yes. Their invention replaces normal acoustic hearing with electrical hearing, not dependent upon the functions of the outer or middle...
Professor Jellinek's apparatus was bulky, awkward, dangerous. It was necessary to send fairly powerful currents through the body to guarantee success. His prediction: that with the basic problem once solved he would soon simplify his device, make it safe...
...human ear is a crude mechanism. It confines true sound perception within the bounds of eight octaves. Outside of the limits (with most individuals) of 40 vibrations per sec. and 38,000 per sec. is audible to humankind. Should the Jellinek device succeed, humans could hear an infinite range, would not have their orchestra limits the piccolo flute and the double bass...