A journey
out of silence.

The National Hearing Implant & Viani Research Centre brings patients and families through cochlear implant assessment, surgery and rehabilitation — enabling hearing, communication and a better quality of life.

For patients How a CI works

— Foundations 01.A

A multidisciplinary system for hearing restoration.

Centre

Beaumont Hospital

Programmes

Adult & Paediatric

Established

1995

Affiliation

Viani Research

02/ Foundations

The scale of hearing loss.

A system designed at the scale of public health — patients of every age, every degree of loss.

02.A Adults

1 in 6

experience some form of hearing loss.

02.B Over 60

1 in 3

have disabling hearing loss.

02.C Newborns

1–2 / 1,000

born with hearing loss in Ireland.

02.D Impact

1.4%

estimated share of national GDP.

03/ Philosophy

Hearing, communication, and a better quality of life.

— Rules of engagement

i.

Function over form

Patient-centred service across assessment, surgery and rehabilitation.
ii.

Scalable by default

A multidisciplinary team auditing clinical outcomes continuously.
iii.

Research-led care

Translating evidence into the next generation of implantable hearing technology.

We provide an efficient patient-centred service to all our patients, and their families, who undergo assessment, surgery and rehabilitation for cochlear implants.

Our multidisciplinary team continuously audits clinical outcomes to deliver a state-of-the-art service — and to inform the next generation of implantable hearing technology.