The artificial ear : cochlear implants and the culture of deafness /
Part ethnography and part historical study, The Artificial Ear is based on interviews with researchers who were pivotal in the early development and implementation of the new technology necessary for cochlear implants. Through an analysis of the scientific and clinical literature, Stuart Blume recon...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
©2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The promise of new medical technology
- The making of the cochlear implant
- The cochlear implant and the deaf community
- The globalization of a controversial technology
- Implantation politics in the Netherlands
- Contexts of uncertainty : parental decision making
- Politics and medical progress.