User Stories

Meet Johanna, a professional singer with single-sided deafness who received her cochlear implant in 2009 after losing her hearing from meningitis. She shares how the road to music appreciation is not always an easy one, and what challenges she faced along the way. Based in the US, she now works for MED-EL helping people around the world with a cochlear implant to once again appreciate music.

  A short time ago we introduced you to Silke. Silke, who is from Germany, received her VIBRANT SOUNDBRIDGE Middle Ear Implant at the end of November 2016. Silke went on a roadtrip in the USA earlier this year, enjoying improved hearing for the first time in 20 years. Here, she shares what is was like

Meet our in-house musicologist Johanna who is a music professional and a cochlear implant recipient with single-sided deafness. Find out all about Johanna's hearing journey in this article.

After losing her hearing in one ear in her early twenties from an abseiling accident, Sharon employed techniques to live with her hearing loss on a daily basis. Forty years of hearing loss later and with a successful career in audiology under her belt, Sharon made the decision to get a cochlear implant.

Last week we introduced you to New Zealander Tash and her daughter, Mika. Tash shared her experience of flying from Ethiopia to Dubai to get her daughter Mika’s hearing tested and find out Mika’s options. In this post, Tash shares what the cochlear implant surgery was like, including Mika’s learning process and their big plans