Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ591248
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Publication Date: 1999
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New Medical Technology: To What Does It Lead?
Enerstvedt, Regi Theodor
American Annals of the Deaf, v144 n3 p242-49 Jul 1999
Addresses issues of advances in medical technology as related to deafness, including different meanings of the term "medical technology" and the relationship between ethics and the scientific method, production and use of the cochlear implant, and sign language versus aural/aural-communication methods with prelingually deafened children who have a cochlear implant. (DB)
Descriptors: Adventitious Impairments, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Children, Cochlear Implants, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Deafness, Ethics, Medical Services, Research and Development, Scientific Research, Sign Language, Technological Advancement, Theory Practice Relationship, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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