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.

 British Cochlear Impant Group

Web site created to provide information on various aspects relating to Cochlear Implants.

 Royal National Institute for the Deaf

The RNID provides a factsheet concerning cochlear implants.

 National Deaf Children's Society

Provide information about cochlear implants.

 Hearing Impairment - Cochlear Implants

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Hearing Impairment - Cochlear Implants.

Further sources / more detailed information

Some non-UK sites

The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.

• 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.