User’s experiences can be informative and reassuring to potential candidates of the life transforming treatment of cochlear implantation for the restoration of speech perception and communication in severe to profoundly deaf people and the provision of hearing to those born deaf.

Cochlear Implants: Experiences of Adults & Children

A really useful publication which is essential reading  for potential candidates for implantation and their families giving a clear explanation of the process from assessment to switch-on,followed by 18 real life experiences, from babies to senior citizens,describing the impact of cochlear implants on everyday lives.

Published by the National Cochlear Implant Association, this is a completely new publication (June 2010) and replaces our previous booklet which was very popular.
It is free but we have to charge £1 for postge and packing.

Please send your cheque for £1 to The Secretary, NCIUA, 70 Sycamore Road, Amersham, Bucks, HP6 5DR and it will be sent to you. 

All of our members have stories to tell and just a few of many such stories are shown here:

Click on each name to read their own story and experiences.

 

            Michael Batt

            Michele Motteux

            Gill Pestell

            Lesley Pinchbeck

            Alison Patuck

 

And many other personal experiences can be seen on YouTube here.