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NDCS Deaf Awareness Videos

The National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) has many good resources on their website.  These five short deaf awareness cartoon videos are lovely and explain a deaf child's communication needs to their friends and family.  All come with BSL and sub-titles.  These videos will help both children and adults understand and support their deaf friends and family members. Continue reading →

Hearpeers Webinar – Travel Smart with your Hearing Device

During this Webinar Joel will provide tips to help travellers who use a Cochlear Implant and have a processor. Joel is a Hearpeers Mentor and during this session will share practical guidance and personal experience of travelling with a processor. Joel is a bilateral cochlear implant user and wears RONDO 3 processors.  He travels extensively both for leisure and work and so has first hand experience with airports, security procedures and international travel. Continue reading →

LUCIA Study

USAIS is excited to announce that we are co-investigators in a research project led by University of Cambridge and Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. The trial will provide bilateral cochlear implants (cochlear implants on both sides) to some deaf adults. The results will be used to review NHS guidance for the provision of implants to adults. We hope to be recruiting at the end of 2026 and will give lots more information later in the year. Continue reading →

Captioned Specs (available in some cinemas for some films)

Odeon Cinemas have introduced closed-captioned glasses into some of their cinemas.  This is available for some films.  It will enable viewers to see the captions for these films, without having to book a specific screening.  The glasses will display the words to the wearer.  Odeon Cinemas say In partnership with Built For Good Technology, WatchWord closed-captioned glasses* are available at 14 of our cinemas for selected films and showtimes. Continue reading →

Free BSL classes in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland will become the first part of the UK to provide free sign language classes to all deaf children and their families, through a new sign language law that was passed on Tuesday (26th April 2026). The Sign Language Bill (Northern Ireland) 2025 will put a duty on the Department for Communities to provide free classes for deaf people under-25 and their close families, guardians, and carers. Continue reading →

Supporting Patients with Microtia & Atresia

Upcoming Hearpeers Webinar Details Date: Saturday, 9 May 2026 Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm BST Location: Online   To register for this online event, please click here Interactive Q&A Participants will also have the opportunity to ask questions during a live Q&A session with a representative from Microtia UK and a member of MED‑EL’s clinical team. Continue reading →

New Car Parking Spaces

USAIS has been able to secure additional parking spaces.  These are only a few metres from the ramped access to Building 19 - where the clinic is based.  They are available on a "first come first serve basis" and cannot be reserved. The five spaces outside Building 28 are still available and dedicated to USAIS Patients.  There are, therefore, now two additional parking spaces and one disabled parking space, bringing the total number of spaces to eight. Continue reading →