About
Professor Helen Cullington is passionate about her work: innovative scientific research combined with changing people’s lives.
A cochlear implant is an implanted electronic device that provides hearing to adults and children with severe to profound deafness. Helen Cullington is a clinician and researcher working at the University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service. She has more than 30 years’ experience in cochlear implants, having worked on several cochlear implant programmes within the United Kingdom and the United States, including House Ear Institute in Los Angeles.
Helen’s main interest is remote care: empowering people with cochlear implants to manage their care at home. During the pandemic, Helen made headlines by switching on a toddler’s cochlear implants remotely.
Research
Research interests
- cochlear implants
- telemedicine
- person-centred care
- remote care
- cochlear implant referral
Research projects
Active projects
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Publications
240 publications
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Emmanuel Mylanus, Sue Arnold, Antje Aschendorff & Helen Cullington,
2026, International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Type: article
H. E. Cullington & Angela Larkin,
2026, Cochlear Implants International
Type: letterEditorial
Helen Cullington & Sajitha Sardar Sheriff,
2026, Cochlear Implants International
Type: article
Saji Maruthurkkara, Helen Cullington, Sophie Bryson, Kim Veekmans, Jerome Evans, Maryann Flores, Abdulmalik Binmarzuq, Reem Badghaish, Susan Johnson, Ellen Jeffs, Mada Aljabr, Dalal Alrushaydan, Abdulaziz Ahmed Almalki & Sahar Mohammed Bin Dehaish,
2026, Journal of Hearing Science, 16(Suppl.), 230-230
DOI: 10.17430/jhs/221957
Type: conference
Deborah Vickers, Dan Jiang, Marina Salorio-Corbetto, Merle Mahon, Sandra Driver, Bhavisha Parmar, Elizabeth Arram, Helen Cullington & Lorenzo Picinali,
2026, Journal of Hearing Science, 16(Suppl.), 139-139
DOI: 10.17430/jhs/221957
Type: conference
Helen Cullington,
2026, Journal of Hearing Science, 16(Suppl.), 151-151
DOI: 10.17430/jhs/221957
Type: conference
Helen Cullington & Sajitha Sardar Sheriff,
2026, Journal of Hearing Science, 16(Suppl.), 153-153
DOI: 10.17430/jhs/221957
Type: conference
Saji Maruthurkkara & Helen Cullington,
2026
Type: conference
Helen Cullington,
2026
Type: conference
External roles and responsibilities
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Invited guest speaker at Deafness Research UK Recent Advances in Paediatric Audiology meeting
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2010
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Invited speaker at British Cochlear Implant group Meeting
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2010
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Invited guest speaker at Cochlear Implant Group India Conference
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2012
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Invited Speaker at Bilateral Implantation “Successes and challenges”
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2012
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Guest speaker at Bristol Speech Therapy special interest group meeting
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Invited speaker
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2009
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Guest speaker at Advanced Bionics Introductory HiRes Audiological workshop
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Invited speaker
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2012
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An Audit of Cochlear Implant referral in the UK: pilot data suggests health inequalities
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2021
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An Audit of Cochlear Implant referral in the UK: pilot data suggests health inequalities
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Speaker
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2021
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An Audit of Cochlear Implant referral in the UK: pilot data suggests health inequalities
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Speaker
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2021
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British Cochlear Implant Group (External organisation)
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Chair
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2020 - 2023
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Optimising hearing for young people with bilateral cochlear implants using virtual reality
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Speaker
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2023
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SECOND CIICA CONVERSATION: Our experiences of Telepractice. What have we learned?
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Speaker
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2021
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CIICA CONVERSATION: Adults with CI talking about the Living Guidelines
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Speaker
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2022
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CIICA Conversation Living Guidelines 2
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Speaker
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2022
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Person-centred care in the CI clinic
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Speaker
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2023
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Development and Validation of a Mandarin Digit-In-Noise Test for Screening Hearing and Cognitive Function
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Examiner
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2023
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Remote monitoring of adult cochlear implant recipients using speech-in-noise testing
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Examiner
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2023
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Valuing hearing-related changes in health-related quality of life
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Examiner
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2020
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The evolution of clinical models for CI management: the role of telepractice
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Examiner
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2023
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What can CI centres do better?
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Speaker
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2023
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External assessor for the post of Associate Professor
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Consultant
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2022
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Improving adult CI referral in the UK
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2022
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Improving the quantity and quality of CI referrals
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2022
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Consequences of not receiving a CI when needed and barriers to adoption of CI
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2023
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Round Table: Global CI Living Guidelines 2023
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2023
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Chairing session: Self-management
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Speaker
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2019
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Long term safety and quality of life for bilateral cochlear implants in children
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2016
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Dementia and hearing loss
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2024
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How to measure hearing performance
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2024
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Panel: case discussions
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2024
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Panel: From hearing aid to CI
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2024
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Panelist: following Andrej’s keynote on the value of hearing (with Karl White and Jace Wolfe)
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2024
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Moderator for a podium session
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2024
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Partnering with CI centres: bridging the gap
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2024
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Panel: hearing research deep dive
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2023
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invited speaker
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2023
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Cochlear implants and artificial intelligence
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Speaker
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2022
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Impact of cochlear implants on quality of life
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Speaker
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2024
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Cochlear implants: barriers and facilitators
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2024
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Group session: basic assessments and criteria for referral
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2024
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invited speaker
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2022
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invited speaker and Faculty
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2021
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invited speaker
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2021
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Télémédecine : à quoi bon?
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2019
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Remote care
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2018
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Long-term monitoring of cochlear implants
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2019
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Telemedicine in pediatrics
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2021
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Has COVID-19 sparked innovation in cochlear implant services?
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2020
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Panel: Trends in organizing a cochlear implant program
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Speaker
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2024
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World Café, case study - Mapping in difficult situations
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2021
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invited to speak at Parliamentary event about 'Challenges during Covid-19 ... and beyond'
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2021
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invited to be on debate panel about top four challenges facing CI and BAHA
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Speaker
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2020
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Faculty and invited speaker - Use of the Digit Triplet Test in the home environment
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Speaker
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2018
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hosting the whole seminar
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2020
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invited to do interview with parent and child
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2020
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Faculty and invited to chair - No touch CI pathways: will Covid-19 drive innovation?
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2020
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invited speaker - Cochlear implant care: putting patients in charge
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2017
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What your patients need to know about hearing implants
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2018
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invited to be on round table discussion about “Patient Management and Family Centered Care”
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2018
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invited talk - Training staff and patients for telemedicine
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2017
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invited Faculty
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2014
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Podcast: Hearng health today (inaugural podcast)
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2020
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Development of a core outcome set to evaluate remote technologies for cochlear implant users
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Consultant
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2023
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Private consultancy work for Cochlear Europe
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Advisor
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2011
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Invited guest writer for The Hearing Journal since 2012 - the leading publication in hearing health care, reaching more than 22,000 hearing healthcare professionals
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Consultant
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2012
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Have cochlear implant; won't have to travel
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Invited speaker
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2015
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Wherever you are, we're there too: remote CI care
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Speaker
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2025
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A New Era for Cochlear Implants: Using Technology to Transform Access, Outcomes, and Lifelong Care
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Speaker
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2026
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Missing Voices: Socioeconomic Bias in Cochlear Implant Research
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Speaker
Year:
2026
Biography
Member of British Cochlear Implant Group
Member of British Academy of Audiology
Prizes
- Wessex Regional Audiology prize (1993)
- Richard May prize for Certificate of Audiological Competence examination (1995)
- Awarded full bursary to attend Sixteenth European Tinnitus Course (1996)
- Travel scholarship to Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness ManCAD CApers conference (2026)