As a child of deaf parents Clark dreamed of finding a way to help the deaf hear. His story from ear surgeon to bionic ear pioneer
Deafness
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Auteur:Clark, GraemeSommaire: - Auteur:DyckFehderau, RuthSommaire:
When Athena was a young girl in the 60s, she lost her hearing to a childhood fever but was misdiagnosed as "profoundly retarded" and institutionalized for thirty years. Now she's out of the institution, awkward and...
- Auteur:Lin, MD, PhD, FrankSommaire:
Hearing naturally declines over time, even for those of us who didn't attend loud concerts or crank up the volume in our earbuds. Nearly 20 percent of Americans have hearing loss, and for those 60 and older, that spikes to 50...
- Auteur:Itani, FrancesSommaire:
Grania is deaf, a victim of scarlet fever at age five in early 1900s Canada. After learning sign language and speech she meets and marries Jim, with whom she develops a special vocabulary. World War I erupts, and they attempt to sustain...
- Auteur:Antrobus, RaymondSommaire:
Little Bear feels the world around him. He feels his bed rumble when Dad Bear wakes him up in the morning. He feels the floor shake when his teacher stomps to get his attention. But something else is missing, like when his friends tell...
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Auteur:Falconer, TimSommaire:In the tradition of Daniel Levitin's This Is Your Brain on Music and Oliver Sacks' Musicophilia, Bad Singer follows the delightful journey of Tim Falconer as he tries to overcome tone deafness--and along the way discovers what we're...
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Auteur:Waldman, DebbySommaire:Addy has worn hearing aids for as long as she can remember. Her mother tells her this makes her special, but now that Addy's in grade six, she'd wants to be special for what she's done. When Addy joins the school running club to keep...
