INDEPENDENT AUDIOLOGISTS AUSTRALIA CALLS FOR INDUSTRY REGULATION  
IN WAKE OF COCHLEAR IMPLANT PROGRAMMING REVELATIONS 

 IAA member flags incorrectly mapped paediatric cochlear implants  
 

“We welcome the announcement that an independent and external review will be conducted by the South Australian government, of the cochlear implant program at the Women's and Children's Hospital in Adelaide, in light of their recent public apology for incorrectly programming the cochlear implants of one in four children in its program” - Dr Tegan Keogh, President, Independent Audiologists Australia (IAA). 

IAA supports the call for an extensive and independent review of the Hospital’s cochlear implant mapping program, in addition to the diagnostic Audiology program.  Read more...