The University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service (USAIS) is based within the University of Southampton.  The service has been working with cochlear implants since the 1980’s. Emily Arbuthnot is the service Director.

You can learn more about the wider services, research, bone conduction and policies on the main USAIS Website:

Link to the main USAIS website

This site aims to share the experiences of our patients and their cochlear implant journey and introduce you to our surgeons. 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 – Some of our past patients tell their stories
Themes – Patients talking about specific themes; such as their 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.