Bill Gibson : pioneering bionic ear surgeon / Tina K Allen.
Publication details: Sydney, N.S.W. : NewSouth Publishing, 2017.Description: xvii, 292 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781742235301 :
- Pioneering bionic ear surgeon
- Gibson, Bill (William Peter Rea), 1944-
- Gibson, Bill (William Peter Rea), 1944-
- Gibson, Bill (William Peter Rea), 1944-
- Otolaryngologists -- Australia -- Biography
- Surgeons -- Australia -- Biography
- Otolaryngology -- Australia
- Cochlear implants -- Australia
- Ménière's disease -- Australia
- Meniere's disease -- Australia
- Australian
- 617.5/1092 23
- RF38.G53 A45 2017
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 617.5 ALL | Available | 066374 |
"Foreword by professor Dame Marie Bashir"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-271) and index.
During his distinguished career as an ear, nose and throat surgeon, Emeritus Professor Bill Gibson AO gained a reputation as a world-expert in Menière?s disease and cochlear implant surgery. In 1984, he restored the hearing of two young women who were some of the first to receive the commercialised bionic ear, pioneered by Professor Graeme Clark and his team in Melbourne in 1978. Three years later Gibson operated on four-year-old Holly McDonell, the youngest child in the world to receive the bionic ear. Over the following decades, he performed more than 2000 cochlear implant operations, making him one of the most prolific surgeons in his field.
