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Graeme Clark: The Man Who Invented the Bionic Ear

Graeme Clark: The Man Who Invented the Bionic Ear


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As a young man, Graeme Clark read about Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie and other great scientists, little knowing that one day he would join their ranks. After watching his father struggle with hearing problems, Graeme knew he wanted to find a solution to deafness.

Graeme became a surgeon, and his quiet persistence and methodical approach yielded results that fulfilled his childhood dream. Around the world, hundreds of thousands of people have now received the gift of hearing from the cochlear implant he developed. The first major medical 'bionic' implant technology, it has transformed the everyday lives of people who are profoundly deaf. Throughout his career, his belief that the impossible could be achieved, his strong family support and his Christian faith have sustained him through many obstacles, and helped him overcome resistance to his ideas from people who doubted them.

This new biography tells the inspiring story of Graeme's life, and the triumphs and the setbacks behind the invention of the bionic ear.

'I found Mark Worthing's story of Graeme Clark moving and inspiring. It captures the spirit of a truly amazing man who changed the life of our daughter and of many thousands of others in the world.' - Li Cunxin, author of Mao's Last Dancer

'An interesting and sometimes moving biography of a fascinating scientific pioneer who helped to bring hearing to the profoundly deaf.' - Sir Paul Nurse, President of the Royal Society and Nobel Laureate



Table of Contents:
Foreword by Li Cunxin

Introduction: An (extra)ordinary couple

1 Tears of joy

2 Childhood in Camden

3 'When I grow up, I'm going to fix ears'

4 Boarding school in Sydney

5 Brains, bones and exams

6 Student Christian Movement

7 Margaret

8 UK studies

9 Ship's surgeon and Cairo castaway

10 Resettling in Australia

11 Australia's youngest professor of medicine

12 Reginald Ansett and the Channel 10 telethons

13 Imagining the impossible

14 'That clown, Clark'

15 Assembling the team

16 The gold box

17 Life at Eltham and Kiama

18 Study leave in England 1975-76

19 A day at the beach

20 The race to code speech

21 1 August 1978: The birth of bionics

22 More surgeries and the first failures

23 The faith of a scientist

24 Federal funding at last

25 The bionic ear hits the market

26 Implants for children

27 Even children born deaf shall hear

28 The signing Deaf community

29 The Bionic Ear Institute and the future of bionics

30 Success and sadness at millennium's turn

31 'Retirement'

Epilogue: 'Professor Clark, that kiss belongs to you!'

Appendix 1: Recognitions and awards

Appendix 2: Scientific innovations

Appendix 3: Selected publications

Acknowledgements

Notes

Index

About the Author :
Mark Worthing is a historian of science and a senior researcher with Lutheran Education Australia, Adelaide.

Review :
What Mark Worthing does is bring home the effect of the implants on people's lives [A] Ringing tribute to dedication... Science historian Mark Worthing delves far back into Clark's childhood, exploring the factors that motivated this vision and the personal attributes that helped him achieve it. An interesting and sometimes moving biography of a fascinating scientific pioneer who helped to bring hearing to the profoundly deaf.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781760113155
  • Publisher: Allen & Unwin
  • Publisher Imprint: Allen & Unwin
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 240
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Weight: 361 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1760113158
  • Publisher Date: 29 Jul 2015
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: The Man Who Invented the Bionic Ear
  • Width: 154 mm


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