The design of our electrodes and audio processors brings our recipients closest to natural hearing—many MED-EL hearing implant users even enjoy listening to music. To increase music enjoyment even more, practicing is also very important.
The MED-EL Adult Rehabilitation Kits (ARKs) were first developed to provide rehab professionals tips and materials for their work with cochlear implant recipients so that they could help CI recipients to gain the most benefit from their hearing devices. However, you can use the ARKs for your listening practice with a communication partner at home
Listening to audiobooks and podcasts can be a great way to work on your listening skills with your hearing implant, particularly when you don’t have a communication partner nearby. Not sure where to start? In this post, we will share some tips for using audiobooks and podcasts to advance your listening skills.
Following the popularity of our previous listening activities and handouts for adult cochlear implant rehabilitation, here is another customizable activity to add to your home listening practice. Last month you practiced family and friends’ names, this month we focus on the places you spend your time and talk about with your family and friends. Take
For many years, Sarah from the United States did not want to have a cochlear implant. But when she trained as an audiologist, she discovered that hearing implants would give her the freedom to choose how to communicate. Recently she got her second CI and captured her experiences at the activation on video. Read more
Hearing implants are one of the most effective ways to help restore a sense of hearing for someone with significant sensorineural hearing loss. However, the result is always different for each recipient. It takes time for someone’s ears to adjust to the new sound stimulation from the hearing implant, and for the brain to learn
