Cochlear Implanted Children's Support Group
The CICS Group is an independent voluntary charity founded by parents whose children have cochlear implants. The network of CICS Group families shares first-hand experience of the issues that surround life with an implanted child, and offers contact, information and support to provide a vital part of the pre and post implantation process – support for parents by parents. Organises social and information events, provides a quarterly newsletter and can arrange direct contact with families whose children already have cochlear implants using criteria such as child’s cause of deafness, age at implantation, additional needs, etc. The group also helps researchers and students wishing to find case studies meeting particular criteria.
CICS Group website – www.cicsgroup.org.uk
CICS Group email – info@cicsgroup.org.uk
| CICS South | |
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| Address |
4 Ranelagh Avenue Barnes London SW13 0BY |
| Contact name | Tricia Kemp |
| Phone | 020 8876 8605 |
| tricia@cicsgroup.org.uk | |
| CICS Midlands | |
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| Contact name | Angela O'Donovan |
| Phone | 07830 345023 |
| angela@cicsgroup.org.uk | |
| Website | www.cicsgroup.org.uk |
| CICS North | |
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| Contact name | Vicky Gilbertson |
| Phone | 07854 543846 |
| vicky@cicsgroup.org.uk | |
| CICS Scotland | |
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| Contact name | Nicky Broekhuizen |
| Phone | 0131 466 6114 |
| nicky@cicsgroup.org.uk | |
National Cochlear Implant Users Association
The NCIUA http://www.nciua.org.uk is the sole national association in the UK that represents all cochlear implant users.
The NCIUA mission is :
- to offer help to everyone who might benefit from a cochlear implant;
- to campaign for them to have the opportunity to do so;
- to represent the ongoing interests of cochlear implant users.
| NCIUA | |
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| Address |
11 Hamilton Close Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 2HX |
| Contact name | Dr Raymond Glover |
| Phone | 01494 723962 |
| secretary@nciua.org.uk | |
| Website | www.nciua.org.uk |
American Cochlear Implant Alliance
| American Cochlear Implant Alliance | |
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| The American Cochlear Implant Alliance is a not-for-profit membership organization created with the purpose of eliminating barriers to cochlear implantation by sponsoring research, driving heightened awareness and advocating for improved access to cochlear implants for patients of all ages across the US. ACI Alliance members are clinicians, scientists, educators, and others on cochlear implant teams as well as parent and consumer advocates. An annual meeting for professional members is convened. | |
| Address |
ACI Alliance P.O. Box 103 McLEAN, VA 22101-0103 USA |
| Contact name | Donna L. Sorkin, Executive Director |
| Phone | 001 703 534 6146 |
| INFO@ACIALLIANCE.ORG | |
| Website | www.acialliance.org |
| British Deaf Association | |
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| The aim of the BDA is to develop greater understanding throughout the UK of what deafness means, and to fundraise for its community development and campaigning programmes. | |
| Phone | 07795 410724 |
| bda@bda.org.uk | |
| Website | bda.org.uk |
| Hear Together | |
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| Hear Together is a registered charity dedicated to supporting people with hearing loss in Nottingham, Derby and across the UK. They work with children and adults through community events, network support and workplace training. | |
| info@heartogether.org.uk | |
| Website | www.heartogether.org.uk/ |
| Royal National Institute for Deaf People – RNID | |
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The RNID has been helping people with hearing loss for over one hundred years. “Together, we will make life fully inclusive for deaf people and those with hearing loss or tinnitus.” |
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| Phone | 0808 808 0123 |
| information@rnid.org.uk | |
| Website | rnid.org.uk/ |