SCIP audiologists Gemma McCombie from Christchurch and Niky Pai from Wellington recently travelled to Bangkok, Thailand, to attend the Advanced Bionics Asia Pacific Audiology Masterclass. The two-day event brought together audiologists and clinical experts from across the Asia-Pacific region, with world-renowned researcher and clinician Dr René Gifford as the keynote speaker. The programme explored the…
Joanne Lake and Lydia Evans represented SCIP at FCEI 2026 in Austria, sharing local expertise while bringing home new insights from global leaders in family-centred early intervention. Southern Cochlear Implant Programme (SCIP) Lead Paediatric Habilitationist Joanne Lake and Paediatric Habilitationist Lydia Evans have returned from Austria after attending the 7th International Conference on Family-Centred Early…
Congratulations to Tate Redgrave, who has won the 2025 Southern Hearing Charitable Trust scholarship. Each year, the Southern Hearing Charitable Trust (SHCT), in partnership with Forsyth Barr, awards a $5,000 scholarship to support a Cochlear Implant (CI) recipient in tertiary study. Tate was presented with her award in April, with David Kent (Southern Hearing Charitable…
Welcome to the first Newsletter for 2026 which is now available for viewing and can be downloaded here. Otherwise you can open the Newsletter below by clicking on the image. Select the button on the bottom right of the image and it will expand it a more readable option. If you would like to read…
Welcome to our Christmas 2025 Newsletter which is now available for viewing and can be downloaded here. Otherwise you can open the Newsletter below by clicking on the image. Select the button on the bottom right of the image and it will expand it a more readable option. From everyone at the SCIP we hope…
A PDF copy of this announcement can be downloaded here. Christmas and New Year Hours 2025-26 Our offices will close at 5.00pm on Tuesday, 23rd December 2025 and will re-open at 8.30am on Monday, 5th January 2026. Some restricted services are available week days during office closure, except for public holidays. Tuesday 23 December – CLINICS…
Our 2024-25 Annual Report is now available. Shortly, we will send out a copy to our recipients and their families by email for those we hold email addresses for; for others, we will send a copy by post. You can also download a PDF copy here.
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…
The Southern Hearing Charitable Trust is holding its AGM on Tuesday 21 October 2025 at 5.30 pm at its Milford Chambers rooms in Christchurch. Details can be found here.
We’d like to share new joint research carried out by the Northern and Southern Cochlear Implant Programmes that has just been published in the New Zealand Medical Journal. The study, titled “Aotearoa New Zealand Cochlear Implant Programmes Equity Audit”, explored whether Māori are receiving equitable access to cochlear implant (CI) services in NZ. We know…