Goal: To give young people with cochlear implants the chance to meeteach other
Funding: The Ear Foundation
Contact: Liz Beadle, email elizabeth.beadle@nuh.nhs.uk or visitwww.earfoundation.org.uk
"Children with cochlear implants are often in mainstream school so don'thave the opportunity to meet their Deaf peers. They can feel isolated,"says Liz Beadle, co-ordinator for Teenz United.
This is where Teenz United can help. This national support group forDeaf teenagers who have had a hearing aid surgically implanted givesyoung people the chance to meet each other. Under the banner of The EarFoundation charity it meets five times a year, bringing togetherteenagers from across the UK.
In May the group went bridge swinging in Nottingham. Beadle says: "Itabout confidence building. A lot of young people with this specialisthearing aid are told they can't do something because they've got thisthing in their head. So we try and set them challenges they might notnormally get."
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