Note: this is the second guest article from MED-EL cochlear implant recipient Magteld Smith. In her first post she introduced herself and talked about how her mother helped her to succeed in spite of her congenital deafness. Magteld has since gone on to spend 20 years researching how to give more people with deafness and hearing
If your child has a cochlear implant, you might be weighing a few different options when it comes to which school he or she will attend. One of these options is a “mainstream school”: your standard local school filled with all sorts of different kids, both with and without hearing losses. If you’re considering having
Claire Stancliffe says: In my last article I explained and described about my switch on. I thought I would use my next article to talk about the new sounds I have heard since I had the implant done and what sounds different to before. On my way home after the switch-on I decided to put some
Editor’s note: Don Liveley is a recipient of bilateral cochlear implants. In his previous posts on The MED-EL Blog he talked about his childhood with hearing loss, and receiving his cochlear implants. The physical disability of deafness is only a part of the equation of challenges we cochlear implant recipients face. The other part of
If children are implanted before beginning to speak, they will usually develop in stages similar to children with normal hearing—however these developments may be somewhat delayed. So, here’s a rough guide that you can use as a checklist to gauge the language development of your child cochlear implant recipient.
If you’ve recently received a cochlear implant, the first few months will be filled with lots of new experiences and changes. That’s because your brain is learning how to interpret the information it receives from a cochlear implant.
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