The artifical ear: cochlear implants and the culture of deafness / Stuart S. Blume.

Author: Blume, Stuart S., 1942-

Imprint:New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2010.

Descriptionx, 226 p. ; 23 cm.

Note:The promise of the 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 uncertainity: parental decision making -- Politics and medical progress.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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