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

• Autore: Bondarew Veronica
• Pubblicazione: Collingwood, Vic., : CSIRO Pub., 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 617.88220592
• Soggetto topico: Cochlear implants - Australia; Hearing aids - Australia; Biotechnology - Australia
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SeligmanPeter
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The cochlear story
• ISBN: 1-283-59711-X; 9786613909565; 0-643-09752-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463294703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Bright Ideas Series