Ken Money

Kenneth Eric Money MSC (January 4, 1935 – March 6, 2023) was a Canadian scientist specializing in the human ear and an Olympic high jumper.

[1] His personal best in this event was 2.03 m.[2] Some of his contributions in the scientific field include knowledge of the inner ear, motion sickness, disorientation, and biological effects of space flight.

Other of Money's interests included badminton, skiing, acrobatic flying, skydiving, fishing, and reading.

Money is credited with the invention of an experimental surgical operation called semicircular canal plugging,[3] which is now being used in North America and Europe to treat particular types of dizzy spells.

He also worked part-time as a professor of physiology for the University of Toronto and regularly lectured to undergraduate classes.