The University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service (USAIS) is based within the University of Southampton.  For more information about what this service offers and how referrals can be made, please go to the main USAIS Website.

Link to the main USAIS website

This site aims to share the experiences of our patients and their implant journey. We hope you find this resource to be useful.  Click on the tabs at the top of this page to watch videos showing:
Hear my story – Patients’ stories
Themes – Patients talking about specific themes; e.g. operation and first switch on
Meet our surgeons – who are they and where do they work?
Parents –  talk about how they worked with USAIS to help their child

All videos are subtitled or there is the option below each video to watch a version with British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation. Transcripts may also be downloaded.