Harvey Fletcher
Physicist, Academic
1884 – 1981
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Who was Harvey Fletcher?
Harvey Fletcher was an American physicist. Known as the "father of stereophonic sound" he is credited with the invention of the audiometer and hearing aid. He is remembered as a trail-blazing investigator into the nature of speech and hearing, and for his numerous contributions in acoustics, electrical engineering, speech, medicine, music, atomic physics, sound pictures, and education.
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- Born
- Sep 11, 1884
Provo - Religion
- Mormonism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Brigham Young University
- University of Chicago
- Brigham Young High School
- Employment
- Brigham Young University
- Bell Labs
(1916 - 1940)
- Died
- Jul 23, 1981
Provo
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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