Graeme Clark : the man who invented the bionic ear
Worthing, Mark2015
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Graeme Clark knew he wanted to find a solution to deafness so he became a surgeon. People worldwide have now received the gift of hearing from the cochlear implant he developed with bionic implant technology. It has transformed their lives.
Main title:
Graeme Clark : the man who invented the bionic ear / by Mark Worthing
Author:
Imprint:
Sydney Allen & Unwin 2015
Collation:
221 pages colour illustrations
Contents:
Foreword / by Li Cunxin -- Introduction: An (extra)ordinary couple -- Tears of joy -- Childhood in Camden -- 'When I grow up, I'm going to fix ears' -- Boarding school in Sydney -- Brains, bones and exams -- Student Christian Movement -- Margaret -- UK studies -- Ship's surgeon and Cairo castaway -- Resettling in Australia -- Australia's youngest professor of medicine -- Reginald Ansett and the Channel 10 telethons -- Imagining the impossible -- 'That clown, Clark' -- Assembling the team -- The gold box -- Life at Eltham and Kiama -- Study leave in England 1975-76 -- A day at the beach -- The race to code speech -- 1 August 1978: The birth of bionics -- More surgeries and the first failures -- The faith of a scientist -- Federal funding at last -- The bionic ear hits the market -- Implants for children -- Even children born deaf shall hear -- The signing Deaf community -- The Bionic Ear Institute and the future of bionics -- Success and sadness at millennium's turn -- 'Retirement' -- Epilogue: 'Professor Clark, that kiss belongs to you!' -- Appendix 1: Recognitions and awards -- Appendix 2: Scientific innovations -- Appendix 3: Selected publications -- Acknowledgements - Notes.
ISBN:
9781760113155 (paperback)
Dewey class:
BIOGRAPHY CLAR
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
6777
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | CLAR | pbkAvailable |