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Misdiagnosed as autistic, Grzegorz Płonka spent most of his childhood in a school for children with mental disabilities and was unable to speak. This changed when he got diagnosed with profound [...]

Connect, learn, hear: Hearpeers is MED-EL’s international community for people with hearing implants, those considering getting a hearing implant, and family or friends of implant users or [...]

If your child has a cochlear implant, it’s a good idea to check in with your child’s teacher every now and then. This way, you can help create a supportive environment for your child’s education. [...]

One of the things we love about the SONNET and SONNET 2 audio processors is their flexibility. The modular design makes it easy to use child-friendly wearing options like ActiveWear and BabyWear. [...]

Erika from Italy was born deaf, as was her son Kevin, and it took her 40 years to get a cochlear implant. Together with her son, she is now working on rehabilitation and getting used to the world [...]

Meet Olivia Castro Cranwell, an Argentinian and French artist who lives and works in Buenos Aires. She is one of the four artists who designed our limited-edition audio processor covers. In this [...]

Read about how Alessia Florea moved to Italy to live her artistic dream, despite being unable to hear. Now one of our four limited-edition design cover artists, Alessia tells us how she lost her [...]

Meet Freddy Rode, one of the four artists behind our latest design covers. As a bilateral cochlear implant user, Freddy is proud to have designed a cover that CI users all over the world will [...]

Chella Man is a 23-year-old American artist, actor, model, and disabled and LGBTQ+ educator and speaker. He uses social media to talk about his personal experiences with gender dysphoria and [...]

Tasha Ghouri is a fashion model and dancer from the UK. On her Instagram account, Tasha talks openly about being a cochlear implant user and proudly shows off her audio processor not only at [...]