December 2022 Newsletter
Welcome to the last Newsletter for 2022 which is now available for viewing and download. Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at the SCIP!
Christmas and New Year Hours 2022-23
A PDF copy of this announcement can be downloaded here. Christmas and New Year Hours 2022-23 SCIP offices in both Wellington and Christchurch will close at 5.00pm on Thursday 22nd December 2022. Both offices will re-open at 8.30am on Monday 9 January 2023. Some restricted services are available during office closure, except weekends and public…
SCIP Recipient Survey 2022
The SCIP is running a survey for adult recipients, and families of children using implants. We’d really like your feedback on our service; what we do well, how we might improve, and what comments you have generally about our service. This year we’ve also asked questions about your experiences, generally, of life with an implant.…
SHCT – 2022 Personal Grants – Applications Now Open
The Southern Hearing Charitable Trust (SHCT) has among its objects a desire to increase the attainability of cochlear implants for members of the general public who would benefit from the same, and to provide the opportunity for each individual to reach their full potential particularly in respect of their auditory-verbal skills. The SHCT has a…
Southern Hearing Charitable Trust – Notice of 2022 AGM
The Southern Hearing Charitable Trust is holding its AGM on Wednesday 19 October 2022 at 5.30 pm at its Milford Chambers rooms in Christchurch. Details can be found here.
Southern Hearing Charitable Trust Scholarship – Applications Open – Closes 31 October 2022
Do you have a cochlear implant and are about to enter tertiary education, training, or already studying? Then you could be eligible for a $5000 scholarship with the Southern Hearing Charitable Trust. Eligibility Criteria Permanent hearing loss using a cochlear implant Enrolled in a NZQA endorsed course, or trades training qualification High school leaver or…
Temporaray Service Outage – Lower Hutt Clinic
This is a message for our Lower Hutt (Queens Drive) patients. In the very early hours of Thursday 23 June there was a fire outside the building that houses our Lower Hutt clinic. While there has not been any physical damage to our clinic space, nor significant damage to the building itself, there is some…
April 2022 Newsletter
Welcome to our first Newsletter for 2022 which is now available for viewing and download.
SCIP and COVID-19 – Update to our Services at ORANGE
COVID-19 – SCIP UPDATE This notice can be downloaded here From 11.59 pm Wednesday April 13 the country will move to ORANGE in the government’s Traffic Light Framework. The SCIP continues to operate in split teams to minimise risk to staff and patients while ensuring the service can continue in the event of a serious…
Celebrating International Cochlear Implant Day today
As more and more people receive a life-changing cochlear implant and hear again, International Cochlear Implant Day today 25 February is truly something to celebrate in Aotearoa in 2022. In last year’s Budget the Government allocated an extra $28 million over four years for adult cochlear implants. The Southern Cochlear Implant Programme (SCIP) has performed…