Our spring edition of Sound Matters is here! 🌸 🐝​ ​ As we move into Kōanga, the Māori season of spring, weenter a time associated with new growth and renewal. It’s a fitting time to share the exciting launch of the AotearoaCochlear Implant Programme (ACIP), alongside kiritaki/client stories, connections and other things happening across our team and wider community.​ ​ Click here or the photo below to catch up on the latest from The Hearing House 💙 ​ ​ ​

We’re proud to announce an important milestone for cochlear implant services in Aotearoa New Zealand with the establishment of the Aotearoa Cochlear Implant Programme (ACIP). ACIP is the new national programme for publicly funded cochlear implant services in Aotearoa. The programme provides a national framework for the delivery of cochlear implant services, with services continuing to be delivered by The Hearing House and the Southern Cochlear Implant Programme (SCIP), which supports people...

For many of our kiritaki/clients, accessing specialist cochlear implant services can mean travelling long distances to Auckland. Our outreach programme helps bring that care closer to home, with our team regularly travelling to communities across the North Island to provide support in familiar local settings. This week, audiologists Latasi Koro and Nathan Lowe and Speech Language Therapist Janine Smith have been on the road with the Hearing House van and car, taking outreach services to...