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Robert Bárány (Hungarian: Bárány Róbert, pronounced [ˈbaːraːɲ ˈroːbɛrt]; 22 April 1876 – 8 April 1936) was an Austrian-born otologist. He received the 1914 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus.
Apr 18, 2024 · Robert Bárány (born April 22, 1876, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now in Austria]—died April 8, 1936, Uppsala, Swed.) was an Austrian otologist who won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1914 for his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular (balancing) apparatus of the inner ear. Robert Bárány, c. 1930.
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Biographical. Robert Bárány was born on April 22, 1876, in Vienna. His father was the manager of a farm estate and his mother, Maria Hock, was the daughter of a well-known Prague scientist, and it was her intellectucal influence that was most pronounced in the family. Robert was the eldest of six children.
Nov 3, 2014 · In 1914, the Austro-Hungarian otologist Robert Bárány (1876–1936) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine “for his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus” (Figure 1). He championed the development and application of new tools for studying the balance system of the inner ear and the oculomotor system [1]. When ...
- Christophe Lopez, Olaf Blanke
- 2014
Bárány received the 1914 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine after being nominated on seven prior occasions for his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus of the ear.
- Adam Bracha, Siang Yong Tan
- 10.11622/smedj.2015002
- 2015
- Singapore Med J. 2015 Jan; 56(1): 5-6.
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Robert Bárány received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1915. During the selection process in 1914, the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine decided that none of the year's nominations met the criteria as outlined in the will of Alfred Nobel.
In 1909 he was appointed lecturer in otology. Through his work at the clinic he devised a test, now called the Bárány test, for diagnosing disease of the semicircular canals of the inner ear by syringing the ear with either hot or cold water. For this he was awarded the 1914 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.
