About the Cochlear Implant Clinic

The Cochlear Implant Clinic (CIC) is an internationally renowned team of healthcare professionals dedicated to offering the maximum improvement in quality of life to the widest possible population of severely hearing impaired adults and children.

Based at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in Melbourne, as a joint University of Melbourne and hospital clinic, the team is made up of ENT surgeons and clinicians (audiologists & speech pathologists) offering specialist medical, audiological and speech pathology services to people with significant hearing impairments.

Following the pioneering work of Professor Graeme Clark with the first multi-channel cochlear implant in 1978, the CIC was established in 1982. Since this time the CIC has worked closely with the University of Melbourne, the Bionic Ear Institute and Cochlear Ltd, to provide implants and hearing to over 800 people, ranging from 7 months to 89 years old.

The CIC has been involved in pioneering research into outcomes and management of cochlear implant recipients. Surgical techniques, and research studies are constantly being developed to keep the CIC standards at the forefront of the cochlear implant field.

Contact details:

The Cochlear Implant Clinic
Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
32 Gisborne St
East Melbourne 3002
Victoria
AUSTRALIA

Phone: +61 3 9929 8624
Fax: +61 3 9929 8625
TTY: +61 3 9929 8681
E-mail: cic@eyeandear.org.au

  Date Created: Thursday February 19 2004
  Last Updated:  Tuesday July 29 2008
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