Patients

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Professionals

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Welcome to the British Cochlear Implant Group

BCIG is a unique group of health care professionals and other interested parties in cochlear implant provision in the UK. The BCIG believes that if a patient meets the criteria for a cochlear implant as specified in the NICE Guidance, funding for that treatment must be provided by the appropriate healthcare commissioning body following a positive assessment by the specialist cochlear implant centre.

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BCIG Webinar Series 2025

Electric Field Imaging EFI / TIMs / IFTs 1st May at 1.15pm.

The BCIG Webinar Series continues on Thursday 1st May at 1.15pm with "Electric Field Imaging EFI / TIMs / IFTs" . This will be presented by Professor Manohar Bance.

The presentation will run for approximately 30 minutes, with 15 minutes for questions.

All presentations in the BCIG Webinar Series will be recorded and made available to members in the member's area of the BCIG website.

Here is the link for this event: Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

USAIS Survey - help requested

The University of Southampton Auditory Implant Centre (USAIS) is requesting help with two national online surveys:

Should D/deaf adults in the UK be offered one or two cochlear implants?

They are inviting all adult cochlear implant users and CI professionals across the UK to take part in the surveys. Please download further information here.

There is one survey for adult CI users and one for CI professionals. Each should take 10-15 minutes to complete, The surveys are anonymous and cannot be tracked back to any individual.

Survey for adult CI Users Survey for CI professionals

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people in the UK use cochlear implants

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New UK cochlear implant recipients 2023/2024

Cochlear implants improve quality of life

What are cochlear implants?

A cochlear implant is an electronic device which may be suitable for children and adults who receive little benefit from conventional hearing aids. Conventional hearing aids work by making sounds louder.

A cochlear implant is different because sounds are turned into tiny electrical pulses, which are sent directly to the nerve of hearing. The implant can therefore bypass some of the inner ear structures which are not working. Naturally it is important to remember that no electronic device can be expected to restore function to the levels experienced by a normally hearing ear.

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