Viktor Urbantschitsch
Viktor Urbantschitsch (10 September 1847, in Vienna – 17 June 1921, in Vienna) was an Austrian
otologist
. He was the son of Alois Urbantschitsch and Wilhelmine.
He studied at the
Adam Politzer as head of the university ear hospital.[1]
He is considered to be one of the founders of modern otology. He focused his attention on the physiology and psycho-physiology of the ear, and researched the influence that head movements had on
sound perception.[1] He stressed the significance of residual hearing and developed various diagnostic and rehabilitative methods.[2] He was an early practitioner of electric current as a means of treatment,[3] and also introduced a manual massage technique for the Eustachian tube.[4]
Personal life
Viktor had four children with his wife, Caroline:
- Minna Wilhelmine Urbantschitsch (1873 – August 1943), married Pero Despic (1874 - April 1937), had one daughter.
- Richard Urbantschitsch (1875–1948), never married.
- Ernst Urbantschitsch (30 June 1877 – 1 July 1948), married Hildegard "Hilde" ... (d. 1954). Had one son, Victor Urbancic
- Rudolf von Urban (28 April 1879 – 18 December 1964), married Friederike "Fritzi" Rosali Persicaner (11 June 1879 – 10 April 1970), divorced. Had two children. Later married Maria Mayen (11 May 1892 – 15 July 1978) and had one daughter together. Rudolf and Maria were the maternal grandparents of Christoph Waltz
Selected works
- Lehrbuch der Ohrenheilkunde, 1880.
- Über subjektive optische Anschauungsbilder, 1907.
- Über Störungen des Gedächtnisses infolge von Erkrankungen des Ohres, 1918.
- "Auditory training for deaf mutism and acquired deafness". Washington, D.C. : Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, (1982). Translation of: Über Hörübungen bei Taubstummheit und bei Ertaubung im späteren Lebensalter, translated by S. Richard Silverman.[5]
References
- ^ a b Thibaut - Zycha, Volume 10 edited by Walther Killy (biography)
- ^ The SAGE Deaf Studies Encyclopedia edited by Genie Gertz, Patrick Boudreault
- ^ Electricity in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Nose, Throat ... by William Scheppegrell
- ^ The London Medical Record, Volume 13 Google Books
- ^ Most widely held works by Victor Urbantschitsch WorldCat Identities