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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788538403321

Autore

Bondarew Veronica

Titolo

The cochlear story [[electronic resource] /] / Veronica Bondarew and Peter Seligman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Collingwood, Vic., : CSIRO Pub., 2012

ISBN

0-643-10684-7

1-283-59711-X

9786613909565

0-643-09752-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

CSIRO Publishing bright ideas

Altri autori (Persone)

SeligmanPeter

Disciplina

617.88220592

Soggetti

Cochlear implants - Australia

Hearing aids - Australia

Biotechnology - Australia

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Foreword; Contents; Introduction; 1. The beginning: a visionary entrepreneur, Paul Trainor; 2. Also in the beginning: a visionary scientist, Graeme Clark; 3. The champions in government: Ralph Tobias and Ian Macphee; 4. Engineers were vital: David Money and others; 5. A marketeer and a doctor provide evidence of demand: the market study; 6. A prototype became commercially possible: the tiger team; 7. Proof for the regulators: Mike Hirshorn and Dianne Mecklenburg; 8. A global market beckoned: Ron West, Monika Lehnhardt and Sue Roberts

9. Without surgeons it was just clever engineering: Bill Gibson10. The entrepreneur bids adieu: Paul Trainor; 11. A global conglomerate rose and fell: Pacific Dunlop; 12. An Asian expansion became necessary: Japan; 13. A saving grace emerged: Catherine Livingstone; 14. Lives were changed: Li Cunxin and his daughter; 15. The future is promising: Chris Roberts; 16. Software and hardware: development of a clinical system; Photographs and illustrations; Appendix: Interviewees for The Cochlear Story; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Documents the human story behind the development and success of the cochlear implant.