- Graeme Clark
Graeme Milbourne Clark, AC (born
16 August 1935 ) pioneered the multiple-channelcochlear implant which has brought hearing and speech understanding to tens of thousands of people with severe-to-profound hearing loss in more than 80 countries. He is the founder of the Bionic Ear Institute, which has a Cooperative Research Centre agreement withCochlear Limited .He was also appointed a Companion of the
Order of Australia , made aFellow of the Royal Society , and has won numerous awards including theAustralian Father Of The Year award in 2004 and theCentenary Medal in 2003. In 2007 he presented theBoyer Lectures .Clark was born
16 August ,1935 in, Camden,New South Wales to Colin M Clark and Dorothy May Thomas. He was educated atSydney Boys High School ,Bexley High School ,The Scots College and theUniversity of Sydney .cite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = CLARK Graeme Milbourne| accessdate = 2007-09-23| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]References
External links
* [http://www.medoto.unimelb.edu.au/people/clarkg/gmccv.htm Graeme Clark CV]
* [http://www.medoto.unimelb.edu.au/people/clarkg/ University of Melbourne personal page]
* [http://www.medoto.unimelb.edu.au/bei/AboutGraeme.html Bionic Ear Institute page about Graeme Clark]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/gnt/profiles/Transcripts/s1117832.htm ABC Profile]ource
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