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CIICA’S third birthday

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INTERNATIONAL CI DAY, 25 FEBRUARY AND CIICA’S THIRD BIRTHDAY!听
Once more it’s International CI Day, 25 February听– and also CIICA’s third birthday….听听Closely followed by World Hearing Day, 3 March.
How are you celebrating? Send us information and photos to share of your activities ! Send us a message… especially from your young people.
CIICA will be celebrating by launching a new report on that day – about Young Adults with CI – and how they see their opportunities and challenges.
We have the first group of young deaf adults who have been hearing with CI since childhood.听听The report includes evidence from听 our global survey and also from CIICA’ s Young Adults’ Conversations which are increasingly popular.
听OUR FIRST GLOBAL CONFERENCE
CI ADVOCACY IN ACTION: lots of interest!听
CI ADVOCACY IN ACTION听
MAY 9/10, 2024 | BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
We are delighted that there is such interest in this conference – and do hope that you will be able to join us for CIICA’S first “real” conference!

Hear about how groups of parents, young people and advocates have achieved success, learn from professional advocates what works, share your challenges and get new ideas by networking with global partners. This first-ever global advocacy conference on CI will provide crucial learning opportunities and a chance to be part of a global movement for change.

We are delighted that Dr. Shelly Chadha, Technical Lead,听Ear and Hearing Care,WHO, has agreed to introduce the programme inspiring us to success in advocacy for hearing care.

Learn more at听听 and find out how you can share your advocacy activities at the conference.听 We want to showcase how much you are doing听in CI advocacy even if you can’t attend in person.听

Please share the听听and please take a look at the conference agenda below.
CIICA CHATS FOR YOUNG ADULTS WITH CI
Monday 12th February, 20:00 UK; 21:00 CET. 15:00 EST; 12:00 PST. Tuesday 13th Feb, 07:00 AEDT, 09:00 NZ
The first CIICA Chat will take place on Monday, 12th February, at 8 pm UK time for an hour.
CIICA CONVERSATIONS: PERSON CENTRED CARE, MEASURING QUALITY OF LIFE
Thursday 7th March, 19:00 UK, 20:00 CET, 14:00 EST, 11:00 PST.
Friday 8th March, 06:00 AEDT, 08:00 NZ

Following our series of CONVERSATIONS on Person Centred Care听led by Kris English and others, this听 CONVERSATION will offer you the opportunity听to share your cochlear implant QOL experiences with hearing loss and CI, and meet Dr. Teddy McKrackan, the lead developer of a well used CIQOL measurement, recently posted on CIICA鈥檚 website听

What aspects of quality of life are important to you – your family?听 Are they measured? How? Join us for an hour’s stimulating conversation with Kris, Lori and Teddy.

Please share the听
RESEARCH ROUND UP:
CI AND TINNITUS听
Go to听听to read her report with research summaries with their indications for advocacy work and policy.
WORLD HEARING DAY 3 MARCH 2024 CHANGING MINDSETS
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? DON’T FORGET TO REGISTER
Go to听听and see the great resources that are available – they will be available in all the 6 UN languages.
Do Register your activity there and make it widely available to a global audience – and join the hundreds of activities going on round the world!
Annual Lunch Debate in European Parliament for World Hearing Day
鈥淐hanging Mindsets鈥� is the global motto of this year鈥檚听World Hearing Day.

For EHIMA,听Prof. Dr. Stefan Launer听will give a presentation on听how we can change mindsets on hearing care.

NEARLY HERE! CI2024
17th INTERNATIONAL听CONFERENCE
ON CI AND IMPLANTABLE DEVICES
GRAN CANARIA: CIICA WILL BE THERE!
Prof Angel Ramos and Prof Manuel Manrique听 are pleased to invite you to the largest CI conference in recent years, 听with the participation of experts from ALL OVER THE听WORLD: 听鈥�The 17迟丑听International Conference on Cochlear听Implants and other Implantable听罢别肠丑苍辞濒辞驳颈别蝉鈥濃�� from 21st听鈥� 24th听February 2024听at听Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain)

厂别别听听 for further information and the amazing programme.听 CIICA will have several presentations and a stand where we hope to meet some of you!
NEW INFORMATION FROM THE UK RE DEAF CHILDREN AND EDUCATION听
听These figures are unique in the world and helpfully monitor where deaf children are attending school. For example for 2023 we see that 2% of deaf children use British Sign language – and 89% use spoken English and the majority attend mainstream schools. The majority of children with profound deafness have CI.

RESOURCES FOR ADVOCACY WORK
SUMMARIES OF ALL OUR FASCINATING 听CONVERSATIONS听 are now easy to find!听 Go to听听听 and find them by topic. The issues which have arisen from them all are fascinating and globally relevant for advocacy work. They can be used by you – just refer to the CIICA website.

RESOURCES AVAILABLE FROM CIICA听听are also now listed in one place to make them easy to find. You will find them by topic and full details at听听All are downloadable and some in other languages.

More community members’ resources at听
CIICA IS ON LINKEDIN!
CIICA is now active on LinkedIn! We invite you to visit our page and hit that ‘Follow’听button to stay in the loop with our latest updates!

In case you haven’t already, please consider following us on Twitter as well
听Welcome to new members who have joined us recently! Send us your news, events and resources听[email protected]