Guest Articles

Bertus from South Africa decided to get a cochlear implant after being diagnosed with profound hearing loss at the age of 66. In this article, he tells us openly how he decided on a cochlear [...]

When he was 11 years old, William from the UK started using ADHEAR, our revolutionary bone conduction device designed for people with conductive hearing loss. Now, five years later, he shares his [...]

Alexis, a sports coach from France, was 40 when he decided to get a hearing implant. In this article, he tells us all about his hearing journey, what he thinks of his MED-EL cochlear implant, and [...]

For the past few days, we’ve been celebrating music and hearing implants at Sound Sensation. The online festival brought together performances from implant recipients, interactive workshops, and [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]