Travel

CI South West member and frequent traveller Serena Cant has provided us with lots of useful information regarding disabled/deaf discounts for train, coach, and bus travel plus additional accessibility info - visit this page for more: http://cisouthwest.blogspot.co.uk/p/travel-deaf-people-are-entitled-to.html

New CI South West general flyer

We have a new CI South West general flyer ... please feel free to print out copies and distribute as you see fit ... local audiology units, deaf clubs, other group gatherings, anything you can think of! For a .pdf copy email cisouthwest@yahoo.co.uk and we'll send you a copy of the file.
Many thanks.

Updated CI comparison chart

Just discovered that this CI comparison chart has recently been updated (May 2016)... it may be helpful for those of you currently deciding which CI to get (don't worry if you don't understand everything, most people don't! :-) :)) 

Visit this page, then click on "comparison chart" to download the .pdf file:
https://cochlearimplanthelp.com/cochlear-implant-comparison-chart/

CI Battery Recall

FYI if you use disposable CI/HA batteries:

MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT - from MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products regulatory Agency)
All ZeniPower mercury free hearing aid and cochlear implant batteries - low risk of batteries exploding during use or if depleted.

Do not use batteries with a best before date of '08-2018' and '09-2018'. This date is on the outer blister packaging.

For more information: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ya8jrbnirqvqykb/MDA-2016-003_final[1]%20Zhuhai%20Zhi%20Li%20Battery%20Co%20Ltd.pdf?dl=0

New Resource

Since we couldn't find a comprehensive list of CI blogs written by UK CI users, we decided to create one ourselves. We hope that new CI candidates will find this list useful. 

This new list is a work in progress -- please let us know if you spot any problems such as broken links, or if you know of other UK CI blogs that we should include!

UK CI Blogs
http://cisouthwest.blogspot.co.uk/p/uk-ci-blogs.html

Many thanks,
Katherine

The latest from WEHIP (Bristol) on their move to St Michaels - including new telephone number

For Bristol CI folks:

The latest news from WEHIP (formerly WECIP, the new name includes BAHA and other implants as well as CIs!) about their move to St. Michaels. In particular, notice the new telephone number:

WE ARE MOVING!

The West of England Hearing Implant Programme adult team will be moving to St Michael’s Hospital in the autumn to join our paediatric colleagues.

Clinic appointments with ENT Consultant Surgeons will commence at St Michael’s Hospital from September 2014.  All other appointments will remain at Southmead Hospital until November 2014 when they will also move to St Michael’s Hospital.


Please check your appointment letter carefully to ensure you attend the correct hospital.

As from August 1st 2014 our new contact telephone number is:

0117 3421191

Our email address remains the same:

wecip@uhbristol.nhs.uk


Kind regards

West of England Hearing Implant Programme

CI audiology at Southmead is moving in May...

For Southmeadians: the CI audiology unit at Southmead will be moving to the new Brunel building (aka "new" Southmead Hospital) on May 15 and 16 so the audiology unit will be closed those dates. The Audi's don't know yet if this move is permanent, they may have to move again! The old Audi unit was originally due to be razed but will now be offices due to the merger of Southmead and Frenchay hospitals. Public service announcement now over...