The artificial ear
Subtitle: cochlear implants and the culture of deafness
By: Stuart Blume.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780813546599; 9780813546605
Subjects: Cochlear implants -- Social aspects; Cochlear implants -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The promise of new medical technology; title: The making of the cochlear implant; title: The cochlear implant and the deaf community; title: The globalization of a controversial technology; title: Implantation politics in the Netherlands; title: Contexts of uncertainty: parental decision making; title: Politics and medical progress.