Listening fatigue is a common experience for hearing aid and hearing implant users. It occurs when it’s necessary to listen to speech for long periods in difficult listening situations: background noise, echo, multiple people talking at the same time, a lack of lip-reading cues. Listening in such environments requires more effort because the listener has to fill in the gaps in the auditory message that they miss due to the noise. This increased listening effort can lead to listening fatigue.
Every ear is different. So every CI fitting should be different. Enter anatomy-based fitting—one key to individualized cochlear implants.
For the past decade, Beats of Cochlea has continued to provide hearing implant users from around the globe with a platform to showcase their impressive musical, instrumental, and vocal talents to a wide audience. This remarkable festival serves as an annual celebration of music and science for children, youths, and adults with hearing loss. In honor of the 10th anniversary, we celebrated the magic of music and the transformative power of hearing implants at Beats of Cochlea.
Lara, an 18-year-old from Austria, is a forward on a soccer team. She received her bilateral cochlear implants when she was 9 months old. In this article, she tells us about her experience with cochlear implants, how they enrich her life when it comes to sports, and what tips she has for playing soccer with a cochlear implant.
Traveling anywhere can be chaotic—there’s so much to remember. And with a cochlear implant, there can be even more steps involved. At MED-EL, we aim to make life with a cochlear implant as simple as possible, and that includes going on vacation. Find out what you need to know about going through airport security and flying with your audio processor in this article.
For cochlear implant users who enjoy doing sports, staying safe is very important. Having access to sound can help people stay safe, especially during outdoor sports such as cycling. Wearing the right helmet is crucial to ensure hearing performance is not compromised.
At MED-EL, we’re passionate about helping people with hearing loss. It has been this way since 1977 when Ingeborg and Erwin Hochmair pioneered the modern cochlear implant. Since then, we’ve grown into the leading hearing implant company, active in over 130 countries around the world and with solutions for every type of hearing loss.
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