This leaflet details some actions for you to complete before your cochlear implant surgery.
Cochlear Implant Manufacturer Support
Please contact the relevant cochlear implant company (details below) to receive support and advice from them before your surgery. They can also offer community mentor support so that you can be connected to people who have personal experience of cochlear implants and who can share their experiences with you.
Advanced Bionics:
Cochlear
MED-EL
Website: Hearpeers.medel (opens in a new tab)
Email: Email HearpeersUK@medel.com
Emmeline Centre website
Please check our website regularly to stay up to date with any service announcements, or to contact us via our website: Emmeline-centre-for-hearing-implants
Privacy & dignity
Same sex bays and bathrooms are offered in all wards except critical care and theatre recovery areas where the use of high-tech equipment and/or specialist one to one care is required.
We are smoke-free
Smoking is not allowed anywhere on the hospital campus. For advice and support in quitting, contact your GP or the free NHS stop smoking helpline on 0800 169 0 169.
Other formats
Help accessing this information in other formats is available. To find out more about the services we provide, please visit our patient information help page (see link below) or telephone 01223 256998. www.cuh.nhs.uk/contact-us/accessible-information/
Contact us
Cambridge University Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust
Hills Road, Cambridge
CB2 0QQ
Telephone +44 (0)1223 245151
https://www.cuh.nhs.uk/contact-us/contact-enquiries/