The Southern Hearing Charitable Trust (SHCT) is the governing body and funding arm of the Southern Cochlear Implant Programme (SCIP). SHCT is now seeking expressions of interest (EOI) from people who are suitable and willing to be considered for appointment to our Board of Directors. All EOIs received will be confidential to the SCIP Chief…
Kia ora koutou, Our thoughts are with those who have been impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle and lost loved ones. We are aware that many people will be without power in the Tairāwhiti and Hawkes Bay regions, which will mean people will not be able to charge batteries for their speech processors. If this has affected…
Our hearts go out to everyone in the regions badly affected by Cyclone Gabrielle. Due to the national state of emergency and the recovery efforts that will follow in our communities, we have made the decision to postpone Loud Shirt Day 2023. Loud Shirt Day is a significant event for The Hearing House and the Southern…
The Southern Cochlear Implant Programme (SCIP) is planning a new visiting service in Taranaki for existing cochlear implant patients. The programme has approximately 35 children and adults in its care who are based in the Taranaki region. Patients travel to our Wellington clinic for their ongoing care after assessment and surgery in our Christchurch facility.…
Southern Cochlear Implant Programme (SCIP) adult patients living in the North Island will no longer have to travel to Christchurch for the majority of their pre- and post-implant care, thanks to a new collaboration with Life Unlimited to have a Hearing Therapist available in its Lower Hutt clinic. From mid-October, Life Unlimited Hearing Therapist Linda…
SCIP will manage your health information in accordance with our Privacy Statement, which explains what information we collect, why we need it, how we’ll use it and who we might need to share it with. If you have any concerns about providing us with information, or authorising us to collect information from third parties, talk to us about it and we can help you understand why we need it. You can link to our full privacy statement here.
