Wednesday, 13 October 2022

Kate and Chris attended “Working together: A training workshop on participatory and co-produced research”, organised the Faculty of Medicine. They gave a presentation about the work we have been doing setting up an active and enduring patient and public involvement group for people with lived experience of cochlear implants. The presentation focused on how researchers and public members connect with each other and build relationships within Southampton.

Chris gave a presentation titled ‘That is amazing, you put that thing on and you’re not deaf!’. Inspired by a comment from Chris’ barber after he put his cochlear implant back on after a haircut.

Following the workshop, Chris was invited to write a blog about his perspective on patient-informed research which included some comments on the topic from Kate’s perspective.