OVERCOMING DEAFNESS: THE STORY OF HEARING AND LANGUAGE

Hearing is one of the most empowering of our senses; it enables us to work, socialise and communicate. It's hard to imagine living in a silent world, yet just 60 years ago this was the inevitable outcome for the majority of people with ear disease or language problems. Nowadays, virtually everybody can be helped to some extent and many cured. But how did we get here?  This book tells the fascinating story of science and medicine's winning battle with deafness, covering all the hearing diseases and the progress of their treatment from the beginning of Ellis Douek's career in the 1950s to the present day. Unlike other books on hearing, this covers language disorders as well as the surgery of deafness; it is a book about human communication, discussing music and poetry as well as delving into the medical science.  In our ageing population, hearing disorders are increasingly a part of everyday life; that they are almost always treatable should not be taken for granted. This book should be the first reference for anyone who has experienced hearing loss and would like to know more about hearing and language development, and for professionals in hearing science, medicine and allied fields of interest.Readership: Professionals dealing with communication disorders and hearing science including Surgeons, Paediatricians, Audiologists, Doctors, Therapists and Teachers.

Medical Books

Douek, Ellis

Allied Health Professions

IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS

When Ellis Douek was nine, his mother insisted that he take up  embroidery, in case he became a surgeon when he grew  up. Of course she was right, for he became consultant ENT surgeon at Guy’s Hospital in London. The Douek parents had the unerring quality of belonging in whichever country they livedEgypt, the Sudan, Columbia and, finally, England. Ellis Douek’s memoirs describe the hedonism of life in Egypt, the Suez Crisis which uprooted them, 1950’s Bradford, and Paris. He began his medial training in Paris where he, his sister Claudia, and brother Zaki lived free of adult supervision. His training continued in London during a time of smog, digs, and landladies. Ellis’s days as an army medic provide hilarious accounts of whisky-sodden soldiers, circumcisions, and bureaucratic procedures.

A Middle Eastern Affair

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

Halban Publishers

To Hear Again, To Sing Again: A Memoir By Ellis Douek, Ent Surgeon And Hearing Implant Pioneer

Professionals & Academics

WSPC

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