Cochlear Implant Manufacturers
Advanced Bionics - www.bionicear.eu
Cochlear - www.cochlear.com
MED-EL - www.medel.com
Neurelec -www.neurelec.com
Suppliers of Hearing Accessories that can be used with Implants
Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID) - www.rnid.org.uk
Connevans - www.connevans.com
Other Sites
Advanced Bionics site for teenagers and the young at heart - www.ci-4teenz.com
British Cochlear Implant Group (BCIG) - www.bcig.org.uk
British Medical Journal - www.bmj.com
Cochlear Implanted Children’s Support Group - www.cicsgroup.org.uk
The CICS Group was founded by parents whose children have cochlear implants to share first-hand experience of the issues that surround life with an implanted child and to provide a vital part of the pre and post implantation process, the support for parents by parents.
Deafness Research UK - www.deafnessresearch.org.uk
Disability Rights Commission. The DRC produces a useful and free email bulletin - www.drc-gb.org
Diving and Sailing holidays for deafened people - www.worldwidediveandsail.com
Employment Advice for Workers who have lost their hearing - www.workingwithouthearing.com
European Association of Cochlear Implant Users (EURO-CIU) http://eurociu.implantecoclear.org/
Graham Fraser Foundation at University College Hospital, London - www.grahamfraserfoundation.org.uk
Hearing Concern LINK- www.hearingconcernlink.org
National Deaf Children's Society - www.ndcs.org.uk
National Library for Health- www.library.nhs.uk
Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation- www.radar.org.uk
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists - www.rcslt.org
Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID) -www.rnid.org.uk
Specialist ENT & Audiology Library created by the NHS National Library for Health - www.library.nhs.uk/ent
Stagetext - provides captions for theatre performances - www.stagetext.org.uk
Subtitles at your Local Cinema - www.yourlocalcinema.com
The Ear Foundation - www.earfoundation.org.uk
UK Council on Deafness - www.deafcouncil.org.uk
Some useful text phone numbers
The NHS Direct phone based health advice service now offers a text phone exclusively for such users. This new number is 0845 606 4647 and should be used where appropriate, as opposed to the normal telephone number of 0845 4647.
AA Car Breakdowns Text to 07900 444999
Green Flag Car Breakdowns Text to 07855 828282