Writing My Cochlear Implant Journey started as a documentation of what I went through in the process of being Implanted with the Cochlear device and fitted with the Cochlear speech processor. As I progressed I found that there is not [...]

Newcastle CICADA coordinator, Moira Kirby My name is Moira Kirby and I live in Newcastle NSW. I experienced a rapid decline in my hearing over 10 years.  I tried hearing aids but became a recipient of my first [...]

My cochlear implant story begins in 2010 when I had my switch on at Newcastle SCIC. I started wearing hearing aids at the age of five. Yes, those super-duper, you-beaut “transistor radio hearing aids”. The ones with long cords I [...]

Olivia Andersen is the founder of Hear For You, an award-winning mentoring program for deaf adolescents and the proud mum of three beautiful hearing children. She shares why she decided to have a cochlear implant at 30. […]

Hearing silence is often taken for granted – unless you have tinnitus. But for audiologist Helen Court her cochlear implant gave her the gift of silence. […]

Are you thinking about cochlear implant surgery? Inspiring grandmother Liz Efinger relates her journey from ‘decision day’ to ‘switch on’ and life afterwards. […]

Having made the big decision to go ahead with cochlear implant surgery, I was anxious to proceed as quickly as possible. […]

In the final instalment of her cochlear implant diary, Liz Efinger reflects on whether surgery has paid off. […]