1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460234803321

Autore

Blume Stuart S. <1942->

Titolo

The artificial ear [[electronic resource] ] : cochlear implants and the culture of deafness / / Stuart Blume

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8135-4911-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Disciplina

617.8/8220592

Soggetti

Cochlear implants - Social aspects

Cochlear implants - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The Promise of New Medical Technology -- Chapter 2. The Making of the Cochlear Implant -- Chapter 3. The Cochlear Implant and the Deaf Community -- Chapter 4. The Globalization of a Controversial Technology -- Chapter 5. Implantation Politics in the Netherlands -- Chapter 6. Contexts of Uncertainty: Parental Decision Making -- Chapter 7. Politics and Medical Progress -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

When it was first developed, the cochlear implant was hailed as a "miracle cure" for deafness. That relatively few deaf adults seemed to want it was puzzling. The technology was then modified for use with deaf children, 90 percent of whom have hearing parents. Then, controversy struck as the Deaf community overwhelmingly protested the use of the device and procedure. For them, the cochlear implant was not viewed in the context of medical progress and advances in the physiology of hearing, but instead represented the historic oppression of deaf people and of sign languages. 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. Through an analysis of the scientific and clinical literature, Stuart Blume reconstructs the history of artificial hearing from its conceptual origins in the 1930's, to the first attempt at cochlear implantation in Paris in the 1950's, and to the



widespread clinical application of the "bionic ear" since the 1980's.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019660403321

Autore

Somers Matt

Titolo

Coaching at work : powering your team with awareness, responsibility, and trust / / Matt Somers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, England ; ; San Francisco, CA, : John Wiley & Sons, c2007

ISBN

9786610648900

9781119206910

111920691X

9781280648908

1280648902

9780470034859

0470034858

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 p.)

Disciplina

658.3/124

Soggetti

Employees - Coaching of

Teams in the workplace - Management

Employee empowerment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART 1: HOW TO COACH; 1: PEAK COACHING MODEL PT 1 - POTENTIAL & INTERFERENCE; 2: PEAK COACHING MODEL PT 2 - PERFORMANCE, LEARNING AND ENJOYMENT; 3: PEAK COACHING MODEL PT 3 - COACHING AND COMMUNICATION; 4: PEAK COACHING MODEL PT 4 - THE COACHING ARROW; 5: THE MODEL IN PRACTICE; PART 2: HOW TO APPLY COACHING; INTRODUCTION; 6: SALES; 7: PRESENTATIONS; 8: PERSONAL ORGANISATION; 9: PERFORMANCE REVIEW; 10: CAREER DEVELOPMENT; PART 3: HOW TO IMPLEMENT COACHING; INTRODUCTION; 11: TOWARDS A COACHING CULTURE

12: IMPLEMENTING A COACHING PROGRAMME13: EVALUATING THE



PROGRAMME; 14: MAKING THE BUSINESS CASE FOR COACHING; EPILOGUE; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

""This book comes at a time when we are asking searching questions: How exactly do we earn the loyalty, trust and commitment of our people? How do we balance the needs of our organisations to do more with less with the need to create environments in which people can grow, develop and achieve their aspirations? The answers lie within each of those through whom so much can be achieved. This book is the key to unlocking them.""--Gareth Ford, Training & Development Manager, Atkins""Perfect Timing! Amongst the vast selection of coaching literature, this book is powerful in 3 ways.<b