One of the most exciting dates in your hearing journey is often your cochlear implant activation: the date when you can hear with your implant for the first time! We know there are lots of questions about what exactly happens during a first fitting, so we’ve put together a handy activation day guide.
There is no cochlear implant without a first fitting. After having their CI implanted, every user needs audiological adjustments in order to best adapt the implant system to individual requirements and hearing needs. In this interview, experienced audiologist Prof. Dr. Tobias Rader explains what happens during a cochlear implant fitting, why each CI has to be adjusted individually, and what role the length of the implant electrode array plays.
For many years, Sarah from the United States did not want to have a cochlear implant. But when she trained as an audiologist, she discovered that hearing implants would give her the freedom to choose how to communicate. Recently she got her second CI and captured her experiences at the activation on video. Read more
Have you ever wanted to hear straight from another parent about what it’s like for your child to be hearing for the first time? Mothers know best, as they say! Meet Chelsea, whose one-year-old son Elijah is a bilateral cochlear implant recipient. Chelsea first wrote for the MED-EL Blog a few weeks ago about how
