...because I was born in that year :D.
It was a great year for audiology, too. Southampton Uni presented electrocochleography, multifrequency tympanometry was studied, and so was hearing aid fitting by prescription. There were even two papers discussing hearing loss caused by diving and flight. And all of these in just one journal! It must have been a very exciting year.
Now, if only I can access the fulltexts....