{"id":919,"date":"2024-10-30T15:43:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T15:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/all-ears\/?page_id=919"},"modified":"2024-11-18T14:00:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T14:00:15","slug":"our-aims-and-vision","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/all-ears\/about-us\/our-aims-and-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Our aims and vision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our aims and vision<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-x-large-font-size\"><strong>USAIS vision<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-55c225566bdc328c3dd2a93a926f6768\" style=\"color:#504f57\">Life-changing hearing technology available to everyone who needs it in a supportive and empowering environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-49e082d507ffc6e441a180069440edec\" style=\"color:#504f57\"><em>We are committed to enabling people with implants to hear as well as possible. We do this through discovery research and evidence-based practice, making sure our findings are shared with patients and translated into practice.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-x-large-font-size\"><strong>What do we want to achieve?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c910cc0e725c6135edc60ef3d84114c4\" style=\"color:#504f57\">An active and enduring patient, parent, and carer group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-33af37c63fdae5fd68e6829af5161bd5\" style=\"color:#504f57\"><em>Creating a partnership between researchers, patients and carers to empower the group to contribute to research and make a difference for people with hearing loss and their loved ones.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure 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