How USAIS is providing a service over the Easter Period 2025
Normally USAIS staff are working to support our patients from 8am - 6pm Monday through to Friday. The team does not work weekends or bank holidays. In addition, the University has closure days during the Easter and Christmas holidays during which staff need permission to be on site.
During closure days, USAIS will be providing a repairs and telephone advice service.
The next closure days will be over the Easter period.
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USAIS waiting room today
We love these images on our drawing wall...
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Survey for patients and professionals: one implant or two?
National Online Surveys: Should D/deaf adults in the UK be offered one or two cochlear implants?
In the UK D/deaf children are offered two cochlear implants whereas D/deaf adults are offered one cochlear implant, except in special circumstances.
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We are investigating ways to improve our service
My name is Isabel McGauley. I'm an Audiologist here at the University of Southampton Auditory Implant Centre (USAIS). We are doing a service evaluation/development project looking at better ways to assess how people do with one versus two cochlear implants. We have developed tests that we hope are more representative of real-world listening environments (e.g. hearing in a restaurant, hearing in a car etc).
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Theme parks – know your limits and take precautions
We want our patients to have fun and if fairground style rides are their thing, then there are a few precautions to consider to stay safe and understand the implant and processor limitations.
Read this page so that you are armed with the information you need.
https://ais.southampton.ac.
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MEDEL Counselling Service – Webinars for professionals who support CI Users
Learn more about MED-EL UK's new counselling service which will support adults and families before, during and after their journey to hearing. These events are for professionals who support Cochlear Implant Users.
MEDEL are proud to be adding this service and are keen to collaborate with professionals, who work in the Community to support families impacted by hearing loss.
Stuart McNaughton will be hosting a series of Webinars about this new service.
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BEARS Virtual Reality research project in the news!
USAIS staff are involved in the BEARS Virtual Reality research project - both as a study site and as part of the national project. Lots of publicity this week about BEARS on social media and websites - led by the funder of the BEARS project the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
https://www.nihr.ac.uk/news/deaf-teen-helps-build-vr-therapy-hearing-impaired-youth
If your child has bilateral cochlear implants and they may want to take part, please email ais.bears@soton.ac.
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Scholarship opportunities
Cochlear scholarships support recipients with Cochlear hearing solutions to undertake university or vocational study and help fulfill their life ambitions.
Cochlear is supporting the academic excellence of their cochlear implant recipients through two scholarships for further study:
The Graeme Clark Scholarship for Cochlear™ Nucleus® implant recipients.
The Anders Tjellström Scholarship for Cochlear™ Baha® and Osia® implant recipients.
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Christmas Closure Days at the University 2024
As people prepare for the festivities and bank holidays over the next couple of weeks, USAIS is preparing for the University Closure Days.
The University is closing on 24th December this year, so the last day of normal service for USAIS will be Monday 23rd December 2024. Normal service will be resumed on Thursday 2nd January.
USAIS does not operate on weekends or Bank Holidays.
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