Worried about your upcoming Cochlear
implant? Or perhaps you've got a story to tell about how your
hearing solution has changed your life? Well, this is the place to
share.
The Cochlear blog is here for you to share accounts, thoughts
and concerns about receiving your first or second Cochlear implant.
Personal contributions will be available to read or discuss with
the aim of keeping you in touch with the people who have first hand
experience.
Our users, who make up the population of the Cochlear blog, will
contribute all content.* The user generated accounts will be
available to your disposal whenever you feel like accessing it.
20 April 2010 by juliaKeen
As a speaker for the charity, Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, for
fourteen years, the thought of addressing an audience does not faze
me in the least. After all, if my flow of rhetoric dries up,
there is always my Hearing Dog, Maple, there to step in and amuse
the audience.
But addressing two lip-reading classes at Richmond College was a
slightly different proposition. I was less familiar with the
subject matter, the material was more technical and I was not 100%
sure that I knew all the answers to the questions that might arise.
So, I started my talk by saying that I am not a surgeon or
technical expert - just a volunteer who has had the benefit of two
very successful implants!
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09 February 2010 by juliaKeen
Dr Tom McCaul was
introduced to about 50 implant users and staff at Southampton
University by Julie Brinton the joint head of the SOECIC. She met
Tom during her recent secondment to Australia, where she worked at
the Brisbane CIC who currently carry out about 20 implants a year,
mostly on adults. She very much enjoyed her stay in Queensland,
made many friends and described how interesting and vast the area
still is and how people often take a flight into the wilds for
weekend.
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19 October 2009 by Administrator
Cochlear Celebrations was a great success and everyone that
turned up had a fantastic day. We'd love to hear your thoughts on
the day - simply write your name, email and comment below and we'll
publish it for all to see.
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17 September 2009 by Administrator
No matter what the occasion, we at Cochlear want what's right
for you. With the 2009 celebrations rapidly approaching, planning
and preparations are underway.
This is the time when we would love to hear your input as to
what the 2009 event should incorporate. If you attended last year
and thought there was something vital missing, then this is your
chance to let us know. It might not even be vital, it could be
something small and personal; we still want to know about it. Or
perhaps you thought something worked particularly well and you wish
to see it again? By all means, let us know.
All you need to do is post your thoughts and suggest...
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17 September 2009 by Administrator
The Nucleus® 5 System was designed to make your life easier. We
took our industry-leading technology, built on it, and produced a
product to give you as much opportunity as possible, to achieve
your full hearing potential.
Has it worked for you? Has it made yours or your child's life
simpler? It could be something about the new features that doesn't
suit your specific requirements? This is your chance to tell
us.
Use this blog entry to give us your thoughts and opinions on the
latest Cochlear implant.
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19 June 2009 by Administrator
19-year-old Ross Grant has made history by becoming the first
deaf person to win the Duke of Edinburgh leadership award. Prince
Phillip will present the award to him at St James' Palace in
London.
Ross had a cochlear implant 11 years ago and attended the Mary
Hare School for deaf children in Berkshire, which was where he
started the Duke of Edinburgh award.
The teenager has worked hard for nine years to earn the honour,
in which he's done voluntary work, lead camping expeditions and
taken part in all sorts of outdoor activities.
He believes the award makes good use of people's time, as it's
given him a great deal of confidence through meeting new ...
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19 June 2009 by Administrator
85 year old deaf man Antony Sabin and his hearing dog Branson
are getting ready to walk 146 miles on a Shakespearean trail.
The pair hope to raise £35,000 for charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf
People by walking from the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) Theatre
in Stratford-upon-Avon to the Globe Theatre in London.
He will be waved off on Sunday 19th July from the RSC and hopes
to arrive at the Globe Theatre on Saturday 8th August. Along the
journey Mr Sabin will be joined by actor Patrick Stewart, who's
currently acting at the RSC and is a huge believer in the
cause.
Mr Sabin believes that being deaf can be very challenging at
times, but feels his hearing dog Branson makes a big difference. In
their eight years together the pair have raised more than...
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