Press Release Budget 2019 is now days away. We’re calling on the Minister of Health to urgently fund an additional 80 cochlear implants for adults each year, for the most urgent patients, and to clear the current waiting list of nearly 200 people. For our patients a cochlear implant is the only treatment that will…
The adult Rehabilitation team have recently updated our adult Rehabilitation Manual. The new manual is version 1.7. The manual can be downloaded as a patient resource by following this link; Rehabilitation Manual v 1.7 If you have any questions about these changes please contact one of our Rehabilitation team; Nikki Cleine (nikki.cleine@scip.co.nz) Penny Monteath (penny.monteath@scip.co.nz)…
Farewell to Audiologist – Hatten Howard We say farewell to Hatten Howard in our Queens Drive clinic who leaves us on 18 April. Hatten has been with us for 3 years, and joined us from the US. We wish him well in his future endeavours. Welcome to Audiologist – Aretha Mulder Aretha is a NZ…
The Summer (December 2018) Newsletter is available now for download. To open a copy Click Here This edition has details of our Christmas and New Year hours. If you are a patient, both clinics will be closed on certain days. Details about how you can still get support if you have trouble with your cochlear…
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…
Farewell to Habilitationists Karen Watson and Helen Hawkins Helen Hawkins has been providing Habilitation to our lower North Island children and families while full-time Habilitationist Karen Watson has been on parental leave. Karen, who has been with the programme since early 2015, has decided not to return to her full-time role at the SCIP. Instead,…
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