Advocacy Resources
In this section you will find a number of helpful resources for your advocacy work, and, in particular, you will find CIICA’s new Practical Advocacy Guide, where you will find a developing resource to guide you in your advocacy work, including training resources and videos, and where you can learn from experts and each other.
CONSIDERING A COCHLEAR IMPLANT(CI)? 20 QUESTIONS TO ASK: A PROMPT LIST
Our conversations on Person Centred CI Services revealed that for many people they didn't ask the questions they wished they had done before implantation. They "didn't know what they didn't know". So they suggested a Prompt List- and here is is - 20 questions they wished they had asked before CI. You can download it and share it here!
Resources available from CIICA.AISBL to support your CI advocacy work
Here is a wide range of resources on diverse topics. You will find these useful for your advocacy work. This includes research roundups of some of the latest published research papers, relevant to our objectives and their key points for advocacy work.
INVESTING IN OUR HEARING IMPROVES LIVES AND IS COST EFFECTIVE
INVESTING IN OUR HEARING IMPROVES LIVES AND IS COST EFFECTIVE is a new resource from CIICA - a new version of Spend2Save which was very popular. This provides updated research and figures for those of us involved in advocacy activities. You can download it here.
NEW RESEARCH BRIEFING FOR ADULTS
A new Research Roundup from Brian Lamb, focusses on the advocacy implications of new research on adults with CI including evidence on the challenges of CI provision in South Africa from patients perspectives, new evidence that CIs may impact on cognitive decline, cost effectiveness of CI for single sided deafness and the long term outcomes of children implanted with CIs who are now adults and patients views of CI in Australia.
A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR CI ADVOCACY & TRAINING VIDEOS
A Practical Guide For CI Advocacy provides useful guidance on advocacy skills, case studies on CI advocacy to illustrate key strategies and how to develop a campaign for improving CI provision, wherever you are. This is a developing Guide and more to come! New advocacy training videos are now available here too!
World Hearing Organisation Ear and Hearing Care Resources for all
The World Health Organisation has many Ear and Hearing Care Resources to support your advocacy work. Leona of SUKI in the Czech Republic, has been sharing them with her colleagues - and you may not know them too! Have a look here.
Noisy Silence: A blog about sudden hearing loss, severe tinnitus and recovery
Brian Cleary has been an active member of our CIICA CONVERSATIONS on Tinnitus following sudden single-sided deafness and cochlear implantation. His Blog shares his journey - and his exploration of the research around SSID, cochlear implantation and tinnitus. He also shares a personal account of 2024's CI Advocacy In Action conference.
NEW RESEARCH BRIEFING FOR ADULTS
Brian Lamb has once more produced a helpful Research Briefing on adults with CI. He reviews the latest papers and points out the advocacy issues for your interest. The research roundups are now in the Resources area of the website – and you will find this one with other useful resources at Resources available from […]
