Friday, 23 September 2022

We had two main objectives of the meeting which were to have group discussions to find out about how everyone first found out about cochlear implants and the early stages of deciding to go for a cochlear implant. Secondly, to have discussions about the group’s ethos and to collectively draw together a short paragraph which describes the aims and goals of the group. Everyone shared their experiences of how they first found out about a cochlear implant and their referral process. We then discussed a paragraph, written by our group member Sarah Smith, which described what our group is all about. As a group, we edited the paragraph to improve it. By doing this, we discussed the groups ethos, purpose, aims and goals. Key words which came up included: partnership, friendly, inclusive, lived experiences. The meeting was filled with lots of great discussion and sharing of ideas.