Matt Jones is back! He’s a bilateral MED-EL cochlear implant recipient who developed sudden hearing loss due to Meniere’s disease, and here we’re excited to share his story of what it’s like to get bilateral cochlear implants. For me, getting my first implant was incredible. I had been living in total silence for months, but
If you have only one hearing implant, or have a hearing loss in only one ear, have you ever thought about the benefits that you’d get from hearing with both ears? There are three main benefits to hearing with both ears, known as binaural hearing. In a previous post I showed how binaural hearing is
If you have only one hearing implant, or hear with only one ear, have you ever thought about getting a second implant? Ever wondered what benefits that hearing with your other ear would give you?
Now here’s a special cochlear implant story from a MED-EL recipient. Michele Alexander has bilateral MED-EL RONDOs, and was recently invited to have an on-air radio interview with Steve Mills and Basil Zempilas of the 6PR Breakfast radio show in Australia. We’ve got audio of the interview, and thought that you might like to
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