P005659 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2016-09-05 human Jack Roberts updated 2025-12-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005659b.htm corporateBody Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital AACR2 1 January 1961 Hospitals or Clinics Ophthalmology Otolaryngology The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital succeeded the Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in January 1961 when "Royal" was added to its name. It's earliest predecessor was the Eye and Ear Institute which opened in 1863. Australia's only specialist eye, ear, nose and throat hospital, in 2013 the Hospital celebrated 150 years of continuous service since the Institute was established. Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (1873 - 1961) Klein, Anthony George (Tony) (1935 - 2021)

Chairman, Research Committee 1991 - 2010; Vice-President, Committee of Management 1993 - 1995

 Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Melbourne (1970 - 2013?)

The Department of Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne arose from an association with the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. The University and RVEEH collaborated on research into the Bionic Ear.

 Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, The University of Melbourne

In 2016, the Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, The University of Melbourne, managed all audiology services within the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital

 Multi-channel Cochlear Implant (Bionic Ear) (1978 - )

The Clinic at the RVEEH was the main centre for cochlear implant patients.

 Clark, Graeme Milbourne (1935 - )

Graeme Clark conducted research and clinical practice at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. He was assistant and senior surgeon from 1964-1969, and his role continued on as the Professor and Head of the University Clinic there from 1970 till he retired in 2004.

 Dunlop, Ernest Edward (1907 - 1993)

Consultant 1950s - 1960s

 Crock, Gerard William (1929 - 2007)

Director, Retinal Unit 1963 - 1987; Chairman, Senior Medical Staff 1982 - 1987

 Serpell, Geoffrey Richard Trembath (1923 - 2014)

Director, Glaucoma Research Unit 1961 - 1963

 Littlejohn, Jean (1899 - 1990)

Otologist, Jean Littlejohn Deafness Investigation and Research Unit 1961 - 1974

 Lowe, Ronald Francis Hinde (1913 - 1998)

Senior Honorary Ophthalmic Surgeon 1961 - 1973; Dean of the Clinical School 1962 - 1968; Director, Glaucoma Research Unit 1963 - 1975; Member, Board of Management 1961 - 1984

 Melbourne Biomedical Precinct Office (c. 2019 - ) 2019

The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital is a Melbourne Biomedical Precinct Partner.

Wikidata

VIAF - Virtual International Authority File

Trove

 'Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital 2011

Source used to compile entry

 Book: An ornament to the city: the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital Donovan, P. F. An ornament to the city: the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital East Melbourne Royal Victorian Eye and ear Hospital 1992 Book: The eye and ear: The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital centenary history Gardiner, Lyndsay The eye and ear: The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital centenary history Melbourne Robertson & Mullens 1968 Book Section: The medical profession in colonial Victoria, 1834 - 1901 Dyason, D. The medical profession in colonial Victoria, 1834 - 1901 London Routledge 1988 Disease, Medicine and Empire: Perspectives on Western Medicine and the Experience of European Expansion Macleod, Roy and Lewis, Milton 194-216 Graeme Clark/bionic ear collection [National Film and Sound Archive of Australia] National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Graeme Clark/bionic ear collection [National Film and Sound Archive of Australia] 1956 - 2009 The National Film and Sound Archive holds at least 117 items relating to Graeme Clark and the bionic ear. The items include television programs, audio and video recordings made by Clark's research team and home movies of Clark's family. The formats include tape, disc and mp3 and wav files. As at June 2016, most items were available online via the National Film and Sound Archives website. 125 items Audio, Digital, Video Department of Otolaryngology - Bionic Ear Records The University of Melbourne Archives Department of Otolaryngology - Bionic Ear Records 2004.0043 at U77/46-55 1949 - 2000 The 'Department of Otolaryngology - Bionic Ear Records' consist of 192 boxes at the University of Melbourne Archives. The records related to Professor Graeme Clark's (and associates) research activities at the University of Melbourne's Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, and, the Bionic Ear Institute. Series/subjects include: General Administration; Funding; Hearing Prosthesis Project; Nucleus and Cochlear; Food and Drug Administration; Conferences, Promotional Materials, Advertising; Journals; Research and Development; Protocol Books; Personal Notebooks; Patents; Theses and Reprints; Surgical Techniques and Developments; Patient Case Histories and Ethics Committee; Overseas Patient Evaluation; Photographs and Slides; Children's Clinical Program; Australian Bionic Ear and Hearing Research Institute; and US National Institute of Health (NIH); Audiology; Tickle Talker; Museum of Victoria RE Bionic Ear Collection; Human Communication Research Centre (HCRC); External Organisations; Departmental Publications; Research; National Health and Medical Research Council (NH&MRC); Cochlear Implantation for Infants and Children; Singular Publishing Group Inc.; The Cooperative Research Centre for Cochlear Implant, Speech and Hearing Research (CRC); Administration; Financial; Correspondence; Professor Clark's Personal Files; Staff Research; GMC Lectures and Talks; Cochlear Implant Clinic Ltd; Conferences; National Institutes of Health. Records from: Professor Graeme Clark, Dr Peter Blamey (Combionic Program); Associate Professor R Shepherd; Dr Ian Forster (Engineer); Lois Martin, Richard Dowell (Audiologists); Jim Patrick (Engineer); Dr Y.C. Tong (Joe); Dr H.L. (Lee) Seldon. 192 boxes Audiologist Richard Dowell tests first Cochlear patient Graham Carrick Graeme Clark Audiologist Richard Dowell tests first Cochlear patient Graham Carrick 1982 The surgery was done at the Department of Otolaryngology at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. Graeme Clark holding the mini-implant developed by Cochlear Ltd Graeme Clark Graeme Clark holding the mini-implant developed by Cochlear Ltd 1985 When the implant was a success for adults Clark worked with Cochlear to develop a smaller version for children.