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Cochlear Implant
UK sources of information and / or support
National Cochlear Implant Users Association
The NCIUA is the Association that represents all Cochlear Implant users in the United Kingdom. It is open to all implant users, their family and friends.
The Ear Foundation
National UK charity to support deaf children and young people with cochlear implants, their families and supporting professionals.
HEAR - Help Ear and Allied Research
HEAR is working with Manchester Royal Infirmary in the treatment of severe to profound deafness. The charity is also working to develop CI technology which is designed for the auditory rehabilitation of a specific small group of totally deaf individuals. HEAR is also involved with new programmes looking at the effectiveness of semi-implantable and totally implantable hearing aids.
World of Sound
This campaign-based website has been designed to champion the cause of cochlear implants by discussing the issues surrounding the procedure and talking to professionals and members of the public to put forward their points of view.
Royal National Institute for the Deaf
The RNID provides a factsheet concerning cochlear implants.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
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- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.
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British Association of Teachers of the Deaf
British Deaf Association
British Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists
CACDP (Communication with Deaf People)
Catholic Deaf Association
CHANGE
Cued Speech Association UK
Deaf Education through Listening and Talking
Deaf Essential
Deaf Studies Trust
Deafax (Communication for Deaf People)
Deafblind UK
Deafness Research UK
DeafPLUS
Deafsign.com
DisabledGo
Ear Foundation
Hearing Aid Council
Hearing Concern
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People
Jewish Deaf Association
Lipservice (videos for hard of hearing)
Low Frequency Noise Sufferers Helpline
Music and the Deaf
National Association of Deafened People
National Cochlear Implant Users Association
National Deaf Children's Society
RNID - Royal National Institute for Deaf People
RNID Products
RNID Scotland
RNID Typetalk
Royal Association for Deaf People
Scottish Council on Deafness
Sense - for deafblind people
Sense - Usher Section
Sign - The National Society for Mental Health and Deafness
SignHealth Counselling
SSC - Scottish Sensory Centre
TAG (Communications for Deaf People)
The Elizabeth Foundation
The LINK Centre for Deafened People
UK Deaf Sport
Wales Council for Deaf PeopleMedical reference articles in PatientPlus related to this topic (^ top of page)
Childhood Deafness
Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media (CSOM)
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Deafness
Deafness in Adults
Hearing TestsUK guidelines related to this topic (^ top of page)
Guidelines on Deafness
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Medline
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