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The cochlea is full of delicate structures, and the goal of a cochlear implant surgery is structure preservation. Here's what MED-EL does.

Hearing the low frequency sounds with a cochlear implant is possible due to brain plasticity, why a recipient's hearing gets lower over time.

Residual hearing is the ability to hear some sounds even if a hearing loss exists. It can have a substantial impact on a person’s hearing performance both now and in the future.

Let’s play a game. Say a word out loud, any word, it doesn’t matter. How many different frequencies of sound do you think that one word contained? One? Two? More? Actually, the sound of a single [...]

Here’s a guest article from MED-EL cochlear implant recipient Robert Grey where he talks about what it was like to lose his hearing and receive a CI. Robert, who lives in the United Kingdom, lost [...]

Pictures of the ear, from photos to x-rays, get up-close with the inner ear organs and the cochlea that helps you to hear.

Here are 5 amazing facts about the ear that show what makes it so special. Learn about the cochlea, the hearing organ, and more.