BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Current Position:
Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences
Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, Washington University

Education:
A.B., English and Math, New York State College for Teachers, 1942
M.A., Speech, Northwestern University, 1943
M.A., Psychology, Harvard University, 1947
Ph.D., Psychology, Harvard University, 1948

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Measurement of hearing; sound conduction in the ear; cochlear mechanics; masking; auditory localization and perception; psychoacoustic behavior in animals and humans; speech communication; audiometry; psychophysics of hearing; ecological acoustics

CONTACT INFORMATION

Ira J. Hirsh, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Washington University
One Brookings Drive
Campus Box 1125
St. Louis, Mo 63130

Phone: (314) 747-0104
Fax: (314) 747-0105
Email address: irahirsh@wustl.edu