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Southern Hearing Charitable Trust – Notice of 2024 AGM
The Southern Hearing Charitable Trust is holding its AGM on Tuesday 22 October 2024 at 5.30 pm at its Milford Chambers rooms in Christchurch. Details can be found here.
Congratulations to our 2024 SHCT Scholarship Winner Jessica Haigh
Every year, with the support of our partner Forsyth Barr, the Southern Hearing Charitable Trust awards a $5000 scholarship to a cochlear implant recipient about to enter tertiary education. This year, a huge congratulations to the Southern Hearing Charitable Trust (SHCT) Scholarship Award Winner Jessica Haigh. Jessica is studying a Diploma in Scenic Construction &…
Farewell and Thank You to Jill Mustard
Farewell and thank you to long-serving SCIP Clinical Manager Jill Mustard After an interesting and fulfilling career, SCIP’s longest serving employee, Clinical Manager Jill Mustard, is retiring soon. A mantra Jill has followed in her career, and one she recommends to everyone, is to say “yes” to opportunities that present themselves in life. For her…
Autumn 2024 Newsletter
Welcome to our Autumn Newsletter, our first for 2024, which is now available for viewing and download. We hope everyone finds something useful in this edition.
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The Loud Shirt Day team caught up with brother and sister Oscar and Skylar at the Mt Somers playgroup recently – they were having a great time doing messy play, digging in the sandpit and enjoying storytime with their mum, Sophie. ![]()
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Both Oscar and Skylar were born profoundly deaf and received cochlear implants when they were both just a few months old. Since that time, they've been supported by our amazing team at SCIP as part of their journey to learn to listen and communicate.![]()
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Life for Oscar and Skylar is all about giving everything a go – with as much energy and enthusiasm as possible!![]()
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Help support Kiwi kids like Oscar and Skylar by giving the gift of sound on Loud Shirt Day – Friday, 18 October.![]()
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Dig deep to fundraise or donate – we welcome any support you can give; www.loudshirtday.org.#loudshirtday2024yLoud Shirt Dayt Day
Siblings Nicole and Harry Musson were among the first children to receive cochlear implants at SCIP. They were profoundly deaf from birth and were implanted in Christchurch on the same day in 2003 when Nicole was ten years old and Harry was eight.![]()
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It was helpful to share the same life adjustments with someone else as they adapted to the hearing world, Nicole says.![]()
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Nicole is now 31 and returned to Christchurch in 2021 to get married to her husband, Hamish.![]()
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“I couldn’t see my life without the cochlear implant as it allows me to be part of conversations more and to be on more of an equal level with my friends and colleagues. It really has allowed me to live life to its best potential.”![]()
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Read more of Nicole's story in our 20th Anniversary Booklet, Hear Our Stories - available for free download via our website here: www.scip.co.nz/hear-our-stories
Thursday 26th September was a day set aside for the entire SCIP team to come together in Christchurch. The last team meeting was a year ago, so it was great to team build with all our colleagues and brainstorm some topics on how we might improve our services. ![]()
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Thanks also to Paula at Workspace Support for her presentation on Resilience.