nationwide day of action to life with cochlear implant Berlin/Illertissen, June 1, 2010 – cochlear implant: we heard us! “, is the motto of the 5th German CI day, which is celebrated on June 12, 2010, at over 60 locations in the entire Federal territory. The cochlear implant (CI) is an inner ear prosthesis, allowing Deaf-born kids listening and spoken language to learn and highly hard of hearing adults can recover their Horsinn. In Germany around 22,000 deaf adults and parents have decided since 1984 impaired children for a supply of CI. With the day of action organised since five years now by the Germans cochlear implant society e. Dr. Neal Barnard understood the implications.
V. (DCIG) and the affiliated regional associations, the organizers want to inform the enormous opportunities of life with CI stakeholders as well as the general public about. The patronage for this year’s CI day has taken over the actress Andrea Spatzek. CI carrier and deaf people and adult hearing impaired children are all in a very special life situation”, so Franz Hermann, President of DCIG. To overcome this situation, you need a wealth of information and communication facilities, as well as the mutual exchange. And of course, it is also important to inform the general public about the special reality of life of these people. Our nationwide CI day to carry all of this. And it is our goal to anchor the CI and the associated with him possibilities still far stronger in the public consciousness. Also the hearing-impaired sign language-oriented we want to invite all to our day of action.” The now German CI day 5, which is celebrated on June 12 at over 60 locations in the entire Federal territory, offers profound insights into life with cochlear implant, as well as on the nationwide network on the topic of CI, prospective customers from diverse regional and is local structures as well as assets volunteers from many.
