Dwight Wayne Batteau

His research established that the shape of humans' outer ears (Auricle) provides directional hearing.

He also developed a "Man to Dolphin Translator" which allowed 2-way communication by converting in both directions between vowel sounds and whistles.

[3] The Man to Dolphin Translator was developed with Peter Markey and Stephen Moshier under contracts for the US Navy in Point Mugu California and Hawaii.

The continuing work will be directed towards ... inclusion of the trainer as a responding element in the communicating system.

[12][13] In 1961, when he was vice-president and a director of United Research Inc., he was elected to life membership in the New York Academy of Science.