Technology

ActiveWear and BabyWear are brand-new lightweight wearing accessories from MED-EL. They are designed to help securely fasten your SONNET audio processor no matter your age and no matter how active your lifestyle is!   What Are ActiveWear and BabyWear? ActiveWear is a wearing option for your SONNET that reduces the weight on your ear by

At MED-EL headquarters in Austria, we connect the brightest minds from around the world together to create the future for hearing implant technologies. In the first of a series of guest posts, we will introduce you to the expert scientists, researchers, and engineers from around the globe who are working on bringing hearing to the world.

Do things sound foggy, or really far away? This may be a sign of conductive hearing loss. Last week we introduced you to what is sensorineural hearing loss. In this post, we break down all-things conductive hearing loss, including what can cause it, what it sounds like, and treatment options. Before starting to learn about

Struggling to hear conversations on the phone, or is the television sound just not clear enough? A Bluetooth neckloop like the Quattro 4.0 Adaptive Bluetooth System from ClearSounds could help you get over those hearing barriers. Kara, a cochlear implant user and HearPeers member, recently tried out the Quattro 4.0 and shares her opinion and

Found yourself asking “What is sensorineural hearing loss?” Whether you’ve already been diagnosed with this type of hearing loss or you’re trying to find out if you or someone you know may have it, this post is for you. There are three main types of hearing loss: sensorineural, conductive, and mixed, which is a combination