National Newsletter and Buzz(NSW)
CICADA Australia Inc. produces a newsletter which is printed and distributed
nationally to members and others with the support of Cochlear Ltd. It
also produces the NSW newsletter Buzz. Contributions to these newsletters
are welcome, and can be sent to the Editor via secretary:
secretary@cicada.org.au
The national newsletter will continue to be mailed as hard copy and will also be
posted on this website. Members can download the newletter from this page which reduces
the editors workload and saves CICADA labour, copying and postage.
Members who wish to have the newsletter emailed to them or who choose to download if from
this web site cna let the secretary know via email. secretary@cicada.org.au
Items of interest (other than personal stories – see STORIES) such as internet
forums, batteries, funding, noise, research etc from the last three years of
these newsletters will be posted on this page, where possible in the near future.
Readers will be able to view and download then from here. Examples:
National Newsletter
April 2007 -
BAHA for single sided deafness: Celene McNeill
July 2006-
Noise and Hearing Health: Warwick Williams (National Acoustic Labs)
Australian Cochlear Implant Internet Forum: Felicity Bleckly and Alan Jones
Batteries – Love Them or Hate Them: Monica Bray
March 2006 -
CICADA Club Room Opening
Funding Information: Chris Reyn
Brain Stem Implants
March 2005
High Achievers and Ray Charles Bequest
Cutting Edge Research
Buzz
June 2005
Regular Theatre Captioning now in Australia
November 2004
Honour Roll of First 19 Implantees
Other States/Regions
Other States and regions may have newsletters or other literature that can be
referred to or included in this website if desired.
Annual Reports/AGM The Chairman’s annual report from the most recent AGMs of CICADA Inc.
will be available from here.
Other Cicada Information/Publications
The Story of CICADA: The Beginnings of CICADA in NSW with Personal
Stories by Early Implantees. Edited by Shirley R.
Hanke. Limited copies are still available at $20 – contact the
Secretary
secretary@cicada.org.au. Includes:
History of the Bionic Ear by pioneers Gibson, Game, Pauka, Rockey,
Bray;
CICADA’s First Meetings and Functions;
Deaf Community
Opposition to Cochlear Implants.
The Australian Cochlear Implant
Internet Forum, organized by CICADA member Felicity Bleckly and supported by
Cochlear, is a current information resource –
http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/cochlearimplant
From Other Organisations
There are many relevant and useful books, pamphlets, brochures. Many linked
organizations like Cochlear Ltd, SCIC, and others below include newsletters
and other documents on their websites. A limited selection is mentioned
here:
• www.icongrouponline.com/health/Cochlear_Implants.html
276pp 2004 (see FAQs)
• www.listen-up.org/ci/ci-information.htm
• Cochlear Implants: Fundamentals and Applications, Graeme
Clark 2003 830pp
• Cochlear Implants: Objective Measures, (Ed.) Helen E
Cullington 2003 241pp
• A Cochlear Implant Users Guide to Assistive Devices and
Telephones, The Hearing Journal 57(11) pp20-26 2004
• Deafness Resources Australia: Technology Guide;
library/bookshop
• Better Hearing Australia, newsletter BHA Eye-Hear
• SHHH Aust Inc, Journal - Hearing Matters; Numerous
Information Sheets
• Cochlear Ltd: Hear Always Newsletter.
• SCIC: Stay Tuned and Switched-On Newsletters, SCIC News (and Ear Foundation -
Snails Tales)
