5/18/05
SXSW TECH BOOK TOUR:
INTERACT WITH AUTHORS
"Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human" author Michael Chorost
June 9 at 7:00pm
Book People
600 North Lamar, Austin
Win a FREE 2006 SXSW Interactive registration!
The SXSW Interactive Festival is proud to team with Book People for the SXSW Tech Book Tour: InterAct with Authors. Each month, we will be co-presenting a reading of a new technology-related title. The second installment of the SXSW Tech Book Tour features "Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human" by Michael Chorost. This book chronicles the author's transition to partial cyborg after he received an implant to restore his hearing -- thereby exploring the subtle distinctions (or lack thereof) between technology and humanity.
Need more incentive to attend? One lucky person attending this reading will win a FREE registration to the 2006 SXSW Interactive Festival. Registration drawing will be held at the conclusion of the reading. Must be present to win.
Interview with Michael Chorost, author of "Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human":
SXSW: Tell us more about the cochlear implant procedure. Is it expensive? Has this evolved to a relatively simple surgery? Is this procedure available throughout the US, or is this available only at specific hospitals?
CHOROST: The surgery is the easy part, as long as you've got health insurance that covers the $50,000 cost and live near an implant center (there are lots.) My surgery lasted an hour and fifteen minutes, and I went home the same day. The hard part, as just about any cochlear implant user will tell you, is learning how to hear all over again. The day my implant was activated, "What did you have for breakfast?" sounded like "Zzzzzz szz szvizzz ur brfzzzzzz." It took weeks for speech to begin to sound like English to me, and the experience was both terrifying and thrilling. (more)
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