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Listening fatigue is a common experience for hearing aid and hearing implant users. It occurs when it’s necessary to listen to speech for long periods in difficult listening situations: background noise, echo, multiple people talking at the same time, a lack of lip-reading cues. Listening in such environments requires more effort because the listener has to fill in the gaps in the auditory message that they miss due to the noise. This increased listening effort can lead to listening fatigue.

Meet Miao, an ENT doctor from China who has a MED-EL cochlear implant. Find out why he chose a MED-EL cochlear implant, which advantages this hearing technology brings him, and how it transformed his life.

Hearing loss in older adults can have a big impact on daily life and overall wellbeing if left untreated. If you have severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss, a cochlear implant may be able to provide you with access to sound. And auditory training can help you get the most from your hearing implant.

Film has the unique power to influence society and culture. And CI user Mariana wants to be part of this conversation. Using her creativity and passion, she wants to make a positive impact on the world by spreading awareness of hearing loss and sharing her own hearing journey.

Krystian lost his hearing in his left ear. But after rediscovering sound with his cochlear implant, he began experimenting with sound. He also started a YouTube channel to spread awareness of hearing loss and cochlear implants.

If you have received a cochlear implant, you will know that completing auditory rehabilitation is necessary to develop your listening abilities and to get the most from your device. Being able to understand complex auditory information, such as speech with a cochlear implant, takes time and rehabilitation practice as your brain becomes accustomed to and learns to process auditory stimuli from your hearing implant.