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Here at the World of Sound you can find out more about cochlear implants and Baha and how they can literally open up ‘a world of sound’ to children and adults with differing levels of hearing impairment to profound deafness.

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NICE guidance

The final NICE guidance regarding cochlear implants was published on 28 January 2009.

For those people with severe or profound deafness who do not receive adequate benefit from acoustic hearing aids, NICE has recommended... read more

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There are 21 cochlear implant programmes across the UK

Views on NICE guidance

David Proops

ENT surgeon at Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre Birmingham and Birmingham Children’s Hospital

Sue Archbold

Chief Executive of The Ear Foundation

Dr Jo White

Lecturer in Speech and Hearing Sciences, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

Louise Craddock

Cochlear Implant Programme Co-ordinator at University Hospital Birmingham and Chair of the British Cochlear Implant Group (BCIG)

Brian Lamb

Executive Director of Advocacy and Policy, RNID

Tricia Kemp

Co-ordinator of CICS and Vice Chair of NCIUA

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World of Sound

What is NICE?

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is the independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on the promotion of good health and the prevention and treatment of ill health.

What is a cochlear implant?

An implant consists of two distinct parts, the internal device or cochlear implant itself, and the external part or speech processor... more

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The quality of life given to her and us through the implants is incredible. They’ve completely changed her life and ours.

Mother of an implant patient more