The artificial ear : cochlear implants and the culture of deafness - Blume, Stuart S., 1942- (New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2010)
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The promise of new medical technology -- The making of the cochlear implant -- The cochlear implant and the deaf community -- The globalization of a controversial technology -- Implantation politics in the Netherlands -- Contexts of uncertainty : parental decision making -- Politics and medical progress.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Cochlear implants -- Social aspects; Cochlear implants -- History; Cochlear Implants -- Psychology; Health Policy; Hearing Impaired Persons -- Psychology; Geschichte 1950-2010.