Useful websites:

Support groups and implant companies:
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	Advanced Bionics UK Ltd. , 2 Breaks House, Mill Court; Great Shelford, CAMBRIDGE CB2 5LD, Tel: 01223 847 888, Fax: 01223 847 898, Email: uk@advancedbionics.com
	The British Cochlear Implant Group (BCIG) website contains information on cochlear implantation in the UK, guidelines, etc. and the various cochlear implant teams.
	Cochlear Europe Ltd. 22/24 Worple Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 4DD, tel:0208879 4900 fax: 0208946 9066 email: info@cochlear.co.uk
	A major group providing support to families of deaf children with implants in the UK is CICS, and Nottingham Cochlear Implant Programme and The Ear Foundation are closely involved with the group. It provides support for parents and has regular meetings. They can be contacted at the following address: CICS, Tricia Kemp, 4 Ranelagh Avenue, Barnes, London, SW13 OBY. Tel: 020 8876 8605
	Deafness Research UK is the UK's only national charity dedicated to helping deaf and hard of hearing people through medical research and education.
	The Ear Foundation at Marjorie Sherman House provides accommodation adjacent to Queen’s Medical Centre Nottingham. Where patients and their families have to travel long distances the use of this local accommodation allows them to arrive refreshed and ready for a full range of assessments.
	Funded by the Medical Research Council, the Institute of Hearing Research (IHR) has it's headquarters in Nottingham and has a worldwide reputation in a diverse range of hearing research field.
	MED-EL U.K. Ltd., Great Cliffe Court, Dodworth, Barnsley, S75 3SP Phone 01226 242874 | Fax 01226 771056 | Email customerservice@medel.co.uk
	In considering cochlear implantation, it is vital that parents obtain as much information as possible. Nottingham Cochlear Implant Programme collaborated with NDCS to develop information materials, some of which are available in other languages, and can be obtained from: The National Deaf Children's Society, 15 Dufferin Street, London, EC1Y 8UR Tel: 020 7259 0123 Fax: 020 7251 5020 e-mail: helpline@ndcs.org.uk
	The Royal National Institute for the Deaf provides information and resources for deaf and hard of hearing people and their family, friends and employers.

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Other useful websites:

Listening practice:

www.findsounds.com

Type in any sound you want to listen to!

http://www.rspb.org.uk

The RSPB website has audio recordings of hundreds of birds, along with illustrations, videos and information. Go to http://www.rspb.org.uk and select “Birds & Wildlife” and then “Birds by name” to listen to different bird songs.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish

The BBC has a website designed for people who are learning English, but it’s also great for cochlear implant users! Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish

and select the “Words in the News” section. You will be able to read along on screen as you listen to up-to-date news stories read by BBC newsreaders.

http://www.hearingjourney.com/Listening_Room

This is a website from Advanced Bionics which has lots of interactive listening activities.

http://www.medel.com/us/show4/index/id/255/title/SoundScape

This is a website from Med-El which has lots of interactive listening activities.

Theatre & Cinema information

www.stagetext.org

This website gives details of captioned performances throughout the UK.

http://www.sceneandsound.co.uk

“At Scene and Sound we aim to make theatre more accessible to Deaf, deafened, hard of hearing, Blind and partially sighted people. On this website you can find information about your local theatres, their accessibility and about audio described, captioned and British Sign language interpreted performances.”

http://www.yourlocalcinema.com

This website gives details of subtitled and audio described cinema showings throughout the UK.

Working with Others

Nottingham works closely with many of the major organisations mentioned above:

• The Ear Foundation: for educational and research purposes.

• National deaf organisations such as The National Deaf Children's Society and The Royal National Institute for Deaf People, developing information materials for parents and professional

• British Cochlear Implant Group - developing quality standards

• National and European Cochlear Implants User's Groups

• Professional organisations of all related disciplines

• Deaf organisations, such as the British Deaf Association and The Federation of Deaf People

• Medical Research Council's Institute of Hearing Research

• The major cochlear implant manufacturers

• Cochlear Implanted Children's Support Group (CICS)