How do we accurately measure hearing loss? In a new paper in The British Journal for the History of Science, Life of Breath researcher Coreen McGuire (University of Bristol) and Jaipreet Virdi shed light on the career of Dr Phyllis Margaret Tookey Kerridge (1901–1940) – a pioneer of audiometry who has, until now, been entirely forgotten.
Today’s most read
Explore
air anthropology anxiety art Arts of Breath bereavement breath Breathe Easy breathing Breathing Space breathlessness British Lung Foundation conferences COPD critical medical humanities dance events exhibition family health heart Heidegger history hospitals identity illness interdisciplinarity language literature lungs mental health mindfulness music phenomenology philosophy poetry research singing smoking sport teamwork the sea tobacco water yoga