On this page you will find a few examples of resources we think will be useful to you in your advocacy work: in our Community Members’ pages we look forward to sharing your contributions!

It is a really good idea to share resources and see what is happening in other countries. This is crucial to advocacy work.

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Cochlear Implant Quality of Life (CIQOL) Instruments for Adult Assessment

Cochlear Implant Quality of Life (CIQOL) Instruments for Adult Assessment
CIQOL is a suite of instruments which can be used to provide a comprehensive assessment of the functional abilities of adults with CI. The person-centered approach used by the team at the Medical University of South Carolina contrasts with many previously developed patient-reported outcome measures, which were developed using expert opinion. Read more here about how you can access them free of charge.

Adult Aural Rehabilitation Resources and Tips from ACIAlliance

Adult Aural Rehabilitation Resources and Tips from ACIAlliance
The American CI Alliance have many great resources for Adult Aural Rehabilitation and Tips for CI Users. These resources are free to download and include information on Aural Rehabilitation and Tips for a variety of scenarios. Have a look to see what is available to support adult CI use.

THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT? MEMBERS’ VOICES

THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT? MEMBERS’ VOICES
The Pandemic has had a huge impact globally - and on those with hearing loss and those with CI. Here you can see videos from a range of CI users, families and service providers illustrating the challenges the pandemic has brought and what they have learnt from it.

LIVING GUIDELINES: LISTENING TO CI USERS

LIVING GUIDELINES: LISTENING TO CI USERS
The Living Guidelines Project aims at producing evidence based guidelines for CI in adults, to ensure that those who need CIs get the best possible services. CIICA has had a role in ensuring that the user voice is heard in the development of the guidelines, and held four Conversations where you had your say. DOWNLOAD THE SUMMARY.

EUROTRAK REPORTS ON UK,FRANCE AND GERMANY: LOW AWARENESS OF CI

EUROTRAK REPORTS ON UK,FRANCE AND GERMANY: LOW AWARENESS OF CI
EuroTrak is the largest comparative multi-country study on hearing loss and hearing aid usage. See the information on the low awareness of CI in UK, France and Germany. What are we doing about this?

Resources for Teachers of the Deaf @BATOD

Resources for Teachers of the Deaf @BATOD
The British Association of Teachers of the Deaf have many resources for teachers and parents and young people on their website. They publish annual reports about teh figures for deaf children in the UK and resources about managing Listening and Cognitive Effort. Do have a look and they are downloadable.

The Real Cost of Hearing Loss

The Real Cost of Hearing Loss
The Real Cost of Hearing Loss looks at the cost of unaddressed hearing loss to the individual and to society. It considers not only economic costs but personal costs.

ONLINE TRAINING FOR RADIOGRAPHERS ABOUT CI

ONLINE TRAINING FOR RADIOGRAPHERS ABOUT CI
This is an important topic -and this training resource for radiographers has been developed to help to prevent problems happening. The resource is on line and easily available - make it known to radiographers everywhere!

Resources for Mainstream Teachers

Resources for Mainstream Teachers
SUKI, the Czech organisation, has produced seven great brochures for different educational situations – and EURO-CIU is helping with the translations. The project is to support the inclusion of hearing impaired children (6-12).  They include: Being a parent to a child with hearing impairment – starting school Teacher of a child with a hearing impairment. […]