Tips & Tricks

Going out to the movies can be lots of fun for many people, but it can, at times, be downright stressful for someone with a hearing loss. An unfamiliar location, new voices, and background noise can all lead to not understanding the dialogue in the movie, or conversations with others in the cinema. What we’ll

WaterWear for SONNET was released just a few weeks ago, and here we’re excited to share Immy’s story about swimming with her SONNET and WaterWear. Our granddaughter Imogen was born in 2008. She didn’t respond during her hearing screening, and at the time this was put down to her being born by a Caesarean Section.

There are lots of changes in the first months after someone receives a cochlear implant. There will be new sounds, new ways to communicate, and new rehabilitation activities just to name a few. But then—maybe slowly or maybe overnight—you’ll think about your cochlear implant and say “okay, now what?” Take this quote from MED-EL recipient

Here’s the third in our four-part miniseries about choosing the right Assistive Listening Device (ALD) depending on what situation you’re in. Our first posts covered listening to music and watching TV, and now we’ll head out to school or work.