Have you ever wanted to hear straight from another parent about what it’s like to have a child with hearing loss? Mothers know best, as they say! Meet Chelsea, whose one-year-old son Elijah is a bilateral cochlear implant recipient. Chelsea shares how the hearing journey with MED-EL began for their family, including the confusing, funny,
Geoffrey Ball is the inventor of VIBRANT SOUNDBRIDGE—and a SOUNDBRIDGE recipient himself. He developed hearing loss at an early age. After trying various hearing aids, the solution was obvious: he needed to build a device that worked with what little hearing he had left. Find out how Geoff turned his personal challenge into a revolutionary creation that has impacted countless lives.
If you’ve got one implant, have you ever considered getting bilateral cochlear implants? Getting a second cochlear implant is like moving from a 2D world into a 3D world. The experiences you have with a second implant can be a bit different than when you got your first one. Here we’ll take a brief look
At MED-EL, we’ve always supported hearing in both ears. For someone with a severe-to-profound bilateral hearing loss, a cochlear implant may be the best option. But many people are unable to, or choose not to, receive two cochlear implants. So, for someone who has only one cochlear implant—what should be done with the second ear?
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