Dr graeme clark biography definition
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Dr graeme clark biography definition
Graeme Clark Biography
Title
Laureate Professor Emeritus, University of Melbourne;
Otolaryngologist Emeritus, Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital;
Founder & Director Emeritus, Bionic Ear Institute;
Honorary Professor Centre for Neural Engineering, University of Melbourne
Organization
University of Melbourne; Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
Biography
Graeme Clark, AC, MB, MS (Syd), PhD (Syd), FAA, FRS, (Hon) FRCS led the research from 1967 that resulted in the first clinically approved multiple-channel cochlear implant by the US FDA in 1985.
It provided speech understanding in profoundly deaf people. His basic research was also crucial in establishing that this could be achieved safely (specifically, with minimal risk of meningitis). The implant thus became the first sensory-neural prosthesis to effectively bring electronic technology into functional relationship with the central nervous system and human consciousness.
His research also established