YCIS

The Yorkshire Cochlear Implant Service (YCIS) was established at the Bradford Royal Infirmary in 1990. YCIS has developed nationally recognised programmes for assessing children and … Read more

Referral Guidelines

  Over the years the guidelines for Cochlear Implant assessment have gradually changed.  This is because experience has been gained as well as an in-depth … Read more

Normal Sound?

People often ask if a Cochlear Implant enables people to hear sound normally. Here is some information, a link and an interesting sound file to … Read more

How We Hear

The ear is made up of three parts: The outer ear collects the sounds and sends them through the ear canal towards the ear drum. … Read more

Hearing Loss

Did you know hearing loss is common – it affects 12 million people in the UK. Hearing loss can occur at any age. Some hearing … Read more

Bilateral Implantation

Following the recent guidelines from NICE it has been shown that bilateral cochlear implantation is both cost and clinically effective for children. If felt clinically … Read more

What We Need

We have come a long way in the last three years, together with the support from Bradford Royal Infirmary we have created a centre of … Read more

Profiles

Joshua Dated: 05/05/2011 Imagine being told that your child is profoundly deaf. What sort of a life will they have? This is what happened to … Read more