Community Advocacy News
CIICA - still growing! This is our space for shared news and here are just a few to start us off. People told us that they are keen to share news and information, so we don't "reinvent the wheel!".
We welcome short items here with a link to your site – and we will be providing more space for stories about successful advocacy too. Help us to make this an interesting and exciting space! Please send your brief contribution to info@ciicanet.org . We look forward to hearing from you.
Getting Referral for Cochlear Implants in New Zealand: Need To Know Guide
At the GPCME Conference in Rotorua, the Pindrop Foundation team had the chance to speak with GPs, practice nurses and other health professionals about cochlear implants in New Zealand. Many of the questions they asked are the same questions we hear regularly from people with hearing loss and their whānau: How do I get referred? […]18 June 2026Read more
New CIICA Members: Horizon Welfare, China
Read about our new CIICA members, Horizon Welfare, from China!12 June 2026Read more
Edwina’s new book: Good to Hear
Blilateral Cochlear Implant user, Edwina Irvine, from Australia, has written and illustrated a children's book about the developments of CI, and the story of Prof Graeme Clark.21 May 2026Read more
Hear More Live More: Canada’s First Adult Cochlear Implant Report Card
The Canadian Hard of Hearing Association, is pleased to share that they have officially launched the inaugural report card on cochlear implant care in Canada.7 May 2026Read more
Deaf Not Dumb: New Podcast Series
CIICA member and CI user Charlotte Young has launched 'deaf not dumb', a captioned podcast series, amplifying the voices of the cochlear implant community. Read about this and her story featured in RNID for Cochlear Implant Day 2026.27 February 2026Read more
To Listen Is To Live: New Collaboration Between Oir Es Vivir & AVID Language
Panama based Oir Es Vivir and British company Avid Language collaborate to launch a new educational programme in schools.27 February 2026Read more
News from The Global Foundation for Children Hearing Loss
The Global Foundation for Children with Hearing Loss celebrate International Cochlear Implant Day 2026 with a Family event, featured in the national news!27 February 2026Read more
What Does Listening Mean To You? New Project to Raise Awareness of Listening In All Its Forms
Take part in this new project, which is a partnership between Cities and Memory and The Evelyn Glennie Foundation to raise awareness of the critical importance of listening in all its forms, and the benefits that better listening can bring to us all.5 February 2026Read more