Tips & Tricks

If you’re an adult or adolescent who has received a cochlear implant during COVID-19, it might have been difficult for you to access professional rehab support. However, studies show that participating in auditory rehabilitation activities can improve not only listening and cognitive skills but also how positive a person feels about their quality of life. To help you reach your listening potential from your own house, we’ve developed our Rehab at Home for Adults video series.

The earlier a child with hearing loss and their family begins intervention, the better for the child’s long-term communication outcomes. In this blog, we look at some tips for getting support, tactics you can try at home, and share a free resource to use with your baby.

One of the biggest days in the hearing implant community is here: International Cochlear Implant Day. If you’re in any cochlear implant recipient groups, you’ve probably heard people talk about it—or even celebrated it yourself. But what exactly is it? And why did it start? We’re here to answer common questions about International Cochlear Implant Day.

Self-advocacy is about being aware of your needs, desires, and feelings and being able to effectively communicate these to others. The ability to speak up for yourself to get what you need and want is a skill that will enable you to feel more confident and independent in daily life and when communicating with others.

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 trying to increase the amount of time your child listens with their audio processor daily.

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 challenge, especially in those sometimes stressful weeks before the holidays. That’s why we’ve put together a little gift guide—some inspiration for family or friends of implant recipients, but of course also for our users themselves (everybody needs a little present for themselves from time to time, right?). Here are our top five presents for hearing implant users—for children as well as adults.