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For the past decade, Beats of Cochlea has continued to provide hearing implant users from around the globe with a platform to showcase their impressive musical, instrumental, and vocal talents to a wide audience. This remarkable festival serves as an annual celebration of music and science for children, youths, and adults with hearing loss. In honor of the 10th anniversary, we celebrated the magic of music and the transformative power of hearing implants at Beats of Cochlea.

After a long day, you may like to take off your audio processors, either to sleep more comfortably or so you can charge the batteries. Or maybe you just want to give your ears a break. To ensure you don’t miss out on any important sounds in the meantime, there are some helpful tools you can use.

Each of us has a unique cochlea. And our cochlear implant’s electrode array should be as unique as we are. Individualized cochlear implants from MED-EL bring users closest to natural hearing.

The best shoes are the ones that fit your feet. And the best cochlear implant is the one that fits your ear! As the name suggests, an individualized cochlear implant is designed to fit your individual cochlea. Why is this important? Because it means you can have your best hearing.

You might well feel nervous before getting a hearing implant but preparing for the surgery—as well as understanding what to expect after it—can help you stay calm. Read these tips on what you can do before your hearing implant surgery to prepare for both the procedure and recovery.

Misdiagnosed as autistic, Grzegorz Płonka spent most of his childhood in a school for children with mental disabilities and was unable to speak. This changed when he got diagnosed with profound sensorineural hearing loss at the age of 14 and received his cochlear implant five years later. The Polish film SONATA shows his hearing journey and how a cochlear implant enabled him to become a talented pianist. In this article, Grzegorz tells us more about his childhood with hearing loss, his opinion on SONATA, and the mission he is on.