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April 4 and 5 2025 saw the International Paediatric Audiology Congress and EURO-CIU 30th Anniversary celebrations in Istanbul. Sule Cekic, Professor of Audiology, and Chair of IPAC and Robert Mandara, President of EURO-CIU welcomed delegates to the University in Istanbul, and provided awards for leading professors.
Find out how some of the CIICA network empowered themselves across the globe on World Hearing Day 2025.
International CI Day Activities across the network, including AICE's Spanish transportation campaign and the launch of CIICA's agenda for Young Adults with CI.
CIICA Launches the Agenda for Young People with CI on CIICA's 4th birthday and International CI Day! Their agenda and video NOW AVAILABLE.
Thanks to all in the CIICA network, 2024 was an exciting year of growth and increasing impact. See what the global advocacy network achieved!
The World Hearing Forum invites you to participate in the Student Changemaker Awards 2024-2025. Find out more and how you can apply.
Applications are welcome from undergraduate and graduate students from various diverse disciplines.
World Hearing Day in 2025 is all about 'Changing Mindsets'. Find out how you can get involved and empower yourself and others.
AICE at Spanish Parliament advocating for CI for older people. Foundation AICE with 200 delegates including over 100 CI users attended the Spanish House of Deputies to make the case for hearing care, including CI for the older population.
Read about their campaign.
CIICA's Leo De Raeve and Sue Archbold present at the 36th World Congress of Hearing in Paris. CIICA played an important role at the conference, presenting on the Living Guidelines and Ethics an Economics.
The 2024 update of the Lancet Commission on dementia, published on the 31st of July, has provided further support that addressing hearing loss in midlife can decrease the risk of dementia. This provides important additional support of the importance of addressing hearing loss early to improve cognitive health. The report has completed “a new meta-analyses […]
The Living Guidelines for adult cochlear implantation were developed to encourage access to and improved services for adults. Version 3 was launched on July 2 2024, and you can download it here.
CIICA attended the HEAL conference at COMO; Hearing across the Lifespan, hosted by Professor Grandori - presenting CIICA research and resources.
CI ADVOCACY IN ACTION, our first live conference brought together 100 amazing people from 27 countries, including 38 CI users! This was an amazing event set to change the future of CI advocacy.
WORLD HEARING DAY 2024: CHANGING MINDSETS. CIICA Conversation How do Parent Groups Change Mindsets?
Hear what young adults implanted with CIs as children have to say in our report: 'Young People with CI Matter.' Download the report now and watch the video...
Celebrating International CI DAY - 25 February 2024
United by a passion to hear... see what EUROCIU have to say and see the press release for you to use on 25 February. Images to come.
CIICA is delighted to be a member of the World Hearing Forum and several of the Board and many of our network members were able recently to be at the second World Hearing Forum, WHO, Geneva.
Adults with CI tell us that they are very satisfied with their technology and rely on them for communication in everyday life. but....funded lifelong services must be provided. 32% report not enough rehabilitation.
A new peer reviewed paper on the development of CIICA is published in IJA! Read about the research to establish CIICA as a global health network to increase advocacy for CI.
The Living Guidelines for Adult Cochlear Implantation were launched on July 14, 2023. See here for more details and CIICA's summary.
The new EHIMA Information Portal makes it easier than ever to access their great information and reports. See the information on the low awareness of CI in across the globe. What are we doing about this?
