Sylvia is a cochlear implant and hearing aid user. Having access to sound enables her to travel the world and connect with people, providing her with inspiration for her work: She designs and makes women’s clothing.
After eight years of living with single-sided deafness, Carly got a cochlear implant. Today, she is a hearing loss coach who helps others on their hearing journeys. Read all about her hearing story and find out how she discovered the right solution for her single-sided deafness.
For 10 years, Mariia lived with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, relying only on hearing aids. At the age of 27, she finally decided to get a cochlear implant. After some speech training, Mariia’s life improved personally and professionally. In this article, she tells us all about her experience with her CI and how it supports her in her job as neuroscientist and science journalist.
When Vera realized that hearing aids were no longer enabling her to hear the world around her, she knew she had to do something. Her solution? A cochlear implant from MED-EL. With her CI, she has gotten her hearing back and everything she loves along with it, including her connection to her loved ones.
Taiane works as a nurse—thanks to the natural hearing provided by her BONEBRIDGE bone conduction implants, her ability to communicate with her patients and coworkers is not limited by her hearing loss. She lost her hearing in one ear when she was four years old. At the age of 16, she began losing hearing in her other ear and realized her hearing loss couldn’t go untreated any longer. And now nothing stands in the way of her doing what she loves.
Roy lost his hearing in both ears over time. For a while, hearing aids provided enough amplification, but when they were no longer enough, he decided to get cochlear implants from MED-EL. His cochlear implants gave him his life back—and music too.
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