News
BCIG Annual Conference
BRITISH COCHLEAR IMPLANT GROUP
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
15-16 March 2012
Manchester
Contact: Louise Sivner 0161 275 8293 / louise.sivner@manchester.ac.uk
BCIG Council Meeting - minutes 2011
The minutes from the BCIG council meeting held on 22nd September 2011.
Minutes of the BCIG Council Meeting
Date: Thursday 22nd September 2011
Time: 10.00 am - 3 pm
BCIG AGM Minutes Dec. 2011 PDF
BCIG Council Meeting - minutes
The minutes from the BCIG council meeting held on 23rd September 2010.
Minutes of the BCIG Council Meeting
Date: Thursday 23rd September 2010 Venue: RNTNE
Time: 11.30 am - 3 pm
BCIG AGM Minutes Dec. 2010 PDF
SAFETY GUIDELINES DOCUMENT
Safety Guidelines Document - Oct 10 - (PDF download)
QUALITY STANDARDS DOCUMENT
Quality Standards for Adult Cochlear Implantation - Oct 10 - (PDF download)
NICE DOCUMENTs
NICE Guidance document - Oct 10 - (PDF download)
NICE Quick reference document - Oct 10 - (PDF download)
BCIG Council Meeting - minutes
The minutes from the BCIG council meeting held on 23rd September 2010.
Minutes of the BCIG Council Meeting
Date: Thursday 23rd September 2010 Venue: RNTNE
Time: 11.30 am - 3 pm
BCIG AGM Minutes Sept. 2010 PDF
The minutes from the BCIG council meeting held 22nd April 2010 in Southampton.
Minutes of the BCIG Council Meeting
Date: 22nd April 2010 Venue: Southampton
Time: 11.00am – 1.00pm
Minutes of Council Meeting PDF
Date: 28th January 2010 Venue: RNTNE, London
Time: 11.00am – 3.00pm
Minutes of Council Meeting PDF
Nominations for Membership Secretary 2010 PDF
Managing device failure within a cochlear implant service
The identification and management of cochlear implant failures has been the subject of much discussion and a recent publication the European Consensus Statement on Cochlear Implant Failures and Explantations (Otol and Neurotol 2005) produced a common definition of device failure and how to report it. This described a number of categorisations for failures and explicit reporting principles. Balkany et al (2005) produced a Consensus Statement on cochlear implant soft failures or suspected implant malfunctions.
GuIDELINES DOCUMENTS
Bilateral Cochlear Implantation - May 07 - (PDF download)
Guidelines for Cochlear Implantation - April 07 - (PDF download)
Meningitis Vaccinations
Problem: Risk of pneumococcal meningitis in cochlear implant patients. Update to immunisation recommendations.
To read - use the link to open the article in a new window
Meningitis Vaccinations
BBC News Item - Hearing tests
The government last year announced that every newborn baby in the UK will
have a hearing test within 48 hours of birth .....
To read - use the link to open the article in a new window
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4808416.stm
BBC ITEM - Deafness
To read - use the link to open the article in a new window
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/deafness1.shtml
Bilateral Cochlear Implantation speech
National Cochlear Implant Users Association
Gareth Williams
Consultant ENT Surgeon
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
To read - use the link to open the article in a new window
Transcript of the Bilateral Cochlear Implant Speech by Dr Gareth Williams
Cochlear Implants International
Visit Cochlear Implants International site (opens in a new window):
www.maney.co.uk/journals/cim
Cochlear Implants International is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal published quarterly by Maney Publishing. The journal includes scientific contributions from all the disciplines represented in cochlear implant teams: audiology, medicine and surgery, speech therapy and speech pathology, psychology, hearing therapy, radiology, pathology, engineering and acoustics, teaching and communication.
The journal publishes original scientific research, case studies, audits of results, descriptions of original concepts and devices, and short reports of work in progress.
All submissions must be made online at www.editorialmanager.com/cim
Please contact the Editor John Graham (john.graham10@virgin.net) for advice prior to submitting a manuscript, if you are interested in acting as a reviewer for the journal, or if you have suggestions for themes and topics which can be developed in the publication.
For further information including journal news, subscription rates and ordering details, advertising rates, and abstracting and indexing details please visit www.maney.co.uk/journals/cim
Cochlear Implants International is the official journal of the British Cochlear Implant Group. Members of the BCIG will receive the journal as part of their membership.