The artificial ear : cochlear implants and the culture of deafness / Stuart Blume.

  • Blume, Stuart S., 1942-
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[2010], ©2010
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New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2010], ©2010.

Physical description

x, 226 pages ; 23 cm

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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.

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    History of Medicine
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  • 9780813546599
  • 0813546591
  • 9780813546605
  • 0813546605