SCIC - Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre

SCIC – Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre is a non-profit, charitable organisation under the direction of Professor WPR (Bill) Gibson AM.

 

SCIC receives Government funding to cover a percentage of the costs in running the program and has DGR endorsement to fundraise for the remainder.

 

The stated aim of the charity is to raise funds to assist all deaf people who obtain little benefit from conventional hearing aids have the opportunity to use cochlear implant technology and associated services to access the hearing world.

 

We engage individuals, the community, corporate and philanthropic groups to help us with our fundraising objectives.

 

The cost involved in giving either a deaf child or adult access to a quality of life that was previously denied them is between $70,000 – $100,000, with each cochlear implant device price making up $25,000 of this cost.

 

With close to 3,000 recipients, SCIC is now one of the largest and most experienced cochlear implant programs worldwide.

 

However, your support is crucial in our determination to provide individual care for every one of our recipients and in ensuring that no deaf person misses the opportunity to be part of the hearing world.

 

This makes SCIC second-to-none.