The Scientist : NewsBlogs: February 2006

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[Entry posted at 8th February 2006 09:55 PM GMT]

I?m an obvious beneficiary of medical technology. Without the computer surgically embedded in my skull, I?d be totally deaf. The device, called a ?cochlear implant,? routes past my damaged inner ear by triggering my auditory nerves with sixteen ... Click to continue

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International Symposium on Stem Cell Collaboration, San Francisco

Michael Chorost

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Who am I?
Michael Chorost is a freelance science writer, teacher, and public speaker. His recent publication is a memoir of getting a cochlear implant titled Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human (Houghton Mifflin, 2005): more on him at http://www.michaelchorost.com.

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