P005544 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2016-06-26 human Jack Roberts updated 2024-02-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005544b.htm person Saunders Rod AACR2 Rod Saunders was the first person to have their hearing restored and understand speech with the aid of a cochlear implant (bionic ear). Saunders received the implant in a surgical procedure conducted by Graeme Clark at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in Melbourne on 1 August 1978. Clark, Graeme Milbourne (1935 - )

Graeme Clark conducted the cochlear implant (bionic ear) procedure for Rod Saunders.

 Multi-channel Cochlear Implant (Bionic Ear) (1978 - )

Rod Saunders was the first recipient of the bionic ear

 Saunders, Rod

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 'Saunders, Rod', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Saunders, Rod Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Graeme Clark: The Man Who Invented the Bionic Ear Worthing, Mark Graeme Clark: The Man Who Invented the Bionic Ear Crows Nest Allen & Unwin 2015

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 Papers of Graeme M. Clark, 1944-2012 [manuscript] National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Papers of Graeme M. Clark, 1944-2012 [manuscript] MS 8696 1944 - 2012 Records [MS 8696, comprising nine accessions 1994-2018] relating to Graeme Clark's career and the development of the bionic ear, including:- general correspondence notebooks and diaries various papers including papers relating to research and development audio tapes photographs and slides speeches certificates draft material for Clark's book "Sounds from Silence" (2000) and June Epstein's "The Story of the Bionic Ear" (1989) medals, plaques, awards and degrees awarded to Clark Bionic Ear Institute records Scientific publications bound and loose press clippings letters, manuscripts, theses and books lecture slides photographs of cochlear implants; a plaque, medals, awards and certificates of achievement and admission to fellowship of various organisations DVDs including published oral history recordings bound volume of scientific publications by Graeme Clark from between 2004-2012. 59.81 m, 162 boxes and 12 oversize containers Department of Otolaryngology - Bionic Ear Records The University of Melbourne Archives Department of Otolaryngology - Bionic Ear Records 2004.0043 at U77/46-55 1949 - 2000 The 'Department of Otolaryngology - Bionic Ear Records' consist of 192 boxes at the University of Melbourne Archives. The records related to Professor Graeme Clark's (and associates) research activities at the University of Melbourne's Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, and, the Bionic Ear Institute. Series/subjects include: General Administration; Funding; Hearing Prosthesis Project; Nucleus and Cochlear; Food and Drug Administration; Conferences, Promotional Materials, Advertising; Journals; Research and Development; Protocol Books; Personal Notebooks; Patents; Theses and Reprints; Surgical Techniques and Developments; Patient Case Histories and Ethics Committee; Overseas Patient Evaluation; Photographs and Slides; Children's Clinical Program; Australian Bionic Ear and Hearing Research Institute; and US National Institute of Health (NIH); Audiology; Tickle Talker; Museum of Victoria RE Bionic Ear Collection; Human Communication Research Centre (HCRC); External Organisations; Departmental Publications; Research; National Health and Medical Research Council (NH&MRC); Cochlear Implantation for Infants and Children; Singular Publishing Group Inc.; The Cooperative Research Centre for Cochlear Implant, Speech and Hearing Research (CRC); Administration; Financial; Correspondence; Professor Clark's Personal Files; Staff Research; GMC Lectures and Talks; Cochlear Implant Clinic Ltd; Conferences; National Institutes of Health. Records from: Professor Graeme Clark, Dr Peter Blamey (Combionic Program); Associate Professor R Shepherd; Dr Ian Forster (Engineer); Lois Martin, Richard Dowell (Audiologists); Jim Patrick (Engineer); Dr Y.C. Tong (Joe); Dr H.L. (Lee) Seldon. 192 boxes Rod Saunders speaks with his wife Margaret with his new wearable speech processor Graeme Clark Rod Saunders speaks with his wife Margaret with his new wearable speech processor 1979

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 Queen Elizabeth II visits the Bionic Ear Institute and meets the first adult (Rod Saunders) and young child (Bryn Davies) who previously had implants Graeme Clark Queen Elizabeth II visits the Bionic Ear Institute and meets the first adult (Rod Saunders) and young child (Bryn Davies) who previously had implants 2000 Photograph showing Rod Saunders speaking with his wife using the first speech processor developed by the University of Melbourne's Department of Otolaryngology Graeme Clark Foundation website http://graemeclarkfoundation.org/how-the-cochlear-implant-bionic-ear-functions/ Photograph showing Rod Saunders speaking with his wife using the first speech processor developed by the University of Melbourne's Department of Otolaryngology

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