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He did pioneering work over more than five decades on the transmission, action, and human perception of all types of mechanical energy from infrasound, vibration, impact, and blast through the audible spectrum to ultrasound in air as well as in tissue. Henning von Gierke was born in 1917 in Karlsruhe, Germany, the son of Edgar von Gierke, a doctor and pathologist, and Julie Braun.
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His early years at Wright Field were dedicated to understanding the magnitude and effects of aircraft noise on humans. His research on intense aircraft noise exposures defined new data on human tolerance limits, noise-induced hearing loss, auditory pain, and hearing protection, all of which stand today.
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His methods provided the basis for the procedures in use today. In the early 1970s, he chaired the Environmental Protection Agency task force charged with meeting the Congressional mandate to "identify levels of environmental noise requisite to protect public health and welfare with an adequate margin of safety." The findings in the task force's "Levels" and "Criteria" reports have provided the basis for nonoccupational noise criteria in the United States for the last 40 years.
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From the 1950s on Henning provided consultations to many organizations, including the Army on impulsive noise and blast; the Navy on underwater noise exposure; NASA on radiation of rocket noise and blast and the effects of noise, acceleration, and motion on astronauts, ground personnel, and communities; the FAA on airport noise; the EPA on the full range of environmental noise issues; and the automotive industry on noise and impact. He was a clinical associate professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at Ohio State University and a clinical professor in the Department of Community Medicine at Wright State University.
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As a senior citizen he entered the computer age with great enthusiasm, maintaining lively and often stimulating email relationships with friends, family, and former colleagues. In his retirement he was committed to working for the Friends Care Community in his hometown of Yellow Springs, Ohio.
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352 MEMORIAL TRIBUTES He is survived by his daughter, Karin, and her husband, Peter Croton, and their children, Lukas Henning and Johanna Maruko. His wife passed away in 2007 and he was preceded in death by his daughter Susi, who passed away in 2002.
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