Rehabilitation for Cochlear Implant Recipients
If you have a cochlear implant, do you remember your activation day? Do you remember what the world sounded like, and has it changed since that day? Everybody will experience their activation in [...]
If you have a cochlear implant, do you remember your activation day? Do you remember what the world sounded like, and has it changed since that day? Everybody will experience their activation in [...]
Did you enjoy our Word Search activity last month? Here is another listening activity to make practice a little more fun! In previous blogs, we have talked about active, structured listening [...]
In previous blogs, we have talked about active, structured listening practice leading to faster progress, tips for practicing listening, and how to make activities easier or more difficult [...]
If your child has hearing loss, confidence, reslience, and self-advocacy are especially important to their development. In this blog post, we’ll take a closer look at these attributes and show [...]
Does your child need to wear eyeglasses? Wearing glasses and a hearing implant processor behind the ear can lead to issues with keeping both devices on. This is particularly frustrating if you’re [...]
In many countries around the world, the festive season is just around the corner and the preparations for the holidays have already begun. We know that looking for the right present can be a [...]
Nine out of ten MED-EL recipients surveyed said that music sounds pleasant through their cochlear implant*. This is partly down to the design of our cochlear implants, which closely mimic natural [...]
Every year on March 3 we join millions of people around the world to celebrate World Hearing Day. Why? To help raise awareness of hearing loss and help improve access to hearing care for both [...]
What do you do if your child is born profoundly deaf but can’t have a cochlear implant? For 5-year-old Louie from New Zealand, this was exactly the case. Louie was born without auditory nerves, [...]
Each and every person will hear differently with their implant. Find out what factors can affect an adult’s hearing with an implant!