- Bunch, Cordia C.
- SUBJECT AREA: Medical technology[br]b. 30 April 1885 Tama, Iowa, USAd. 1942 St Louis, Missouri, USA[br]American otolaryngological psychiatrist, principal exponent and developer of the techniques of audiometry.[br]Bunch graduated as a teacher in Iowa at Tama College in 1902 and held posts as a teacher and the school head until 1914. He was engaged in various posts as a psychologist and otolaryngologist from 1917 to 1925, obtaining his PhD in 1920, and was involved in otolaryngological research at Johns Hopkins University from 1927 to 1930. He was appointed Professor of Applied Physiology of Otolaryngology at Washington University, St Louis, in 1930, and became engaged in the development and applications of pure tone audiometry.[br]Bibliography1943, Clinical Audiometry.Further ReadingHester \& Stevens, 1984, "Audiometers", Audiology.MG
Biographical history of technology. - Taylor & Francis e-Librar. Lance Day and Ian McNeil. 2005.
