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Prestigious Global Engineering Medals Awarded to Cochlear Implant Inventors Ingeborg and Erwin Hochmair

15 May 2023 | Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries
Austrian cochlear implant pioneers, Dr Ingeborg Hochmair and Prof Erwin Hochmair have been granted the 2023 IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal for their outstanding contribution to communication and engineering.
International Journal of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology cover image.

Can we centralise cochlear implant surgery and keep most appointments close to home?

1 July 2021 | | Auditory Implants, Paediatric ENT | Category of auditory performance (CAP) scores, Cochlear implantation, Satellite habilitation centres, Speech intelligibility rating (SIR) scores
The NHS Five Year Forward View promoted seeing patients closer to home in order to provide better care, cut down on missed appointments and reduce costs. This encouraged the development of ‘hub and spoke’ models of care, but this model...

In conversation with Bill Gibson, Richard Ramsden and Shakeel Saeed

1 September 2017 | | Auditory Implants, Audiology - Paediatric, Audiology - Adult, ENT, Otology, Paediatric ENT
The surgical aspect of cochlear implantation is both a joy and a challenge – which is why we love it! In this article, Simon Freeman draws on the wisdom of his three previous mentors, sharing pearls from some of the...

Cochlear implant services matter

27 November 2023
A global survey of deaf and hard of hearing adults has found very high satisfaction rates with cochlear implants (CI).

Call for consistent cochlear implant guidelines

7 July 2022
A new global task force aims to create ‘living guidelines’ to set the standard of care for adult cochlear implantation (CI).

3rd Arab Cochlear Implant Conference

24 October 2024 -26 October 2024 | Audiology - Adult, Auditory Implants, Audiology - Paediatric, Otology

Honouring Raj Singh on International Cochlear Implant Day

22 February 2022
The cochlear implant team at University Hospital Crosshouse has honoured the founder of the Scottish Cochlear Implant Programme by renaming its department after him. Since International Cochlear Implant Day on Friday 25 February, it is to be known as the Raj Singh Cochlear Implant Unit.

World’s oldest recipient of a cochlear implant

6 June 2022
What do you ask for on your birthday when you are 103 years old? Leslie Hodgson (above) knew exactly what he wanted: his hearing back. And clinicians at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were happy to help, breaking two...

Cochlear Implant International Community of Action: closing the gap in CI provision

8 March 2021
The 25 February was International Cochlear Implant (CI) Day. Over 50 years after the introduction of CIs, how far have we progressed in ensuring access to CI and CI services for those who could benefit? Only between five and 10%...