Monday, 29 September 2008
06:30pm

This week on Talking Heads, Peter Thompson talks to the inventor of the multiple-channel cochlear implant, Professor Graeme Clark.

When he came up with the idea for a bionic ear Professor Clark ran into a wall of criticism. It was a goal that many thought could not, and even should not, be achieved. But Clark's was a very personal dream, and the cochlear implant is now a reality for more than 100,000 grateful recipients around the world.

Talking Heads will be repeated on ABC2 - Tuesday September 30 at 5:00pm.