User Stories
Music Enjoyment: Is It Possible With a Cochlear Implant?
Music is everywhere—but can you enjoy it with a cochlear implant? Absolutely! We talked to music educator Malin Kumkar to find out more.
Music is everywhere—but can you enjoy it with a cochlear implant? Absolutely! We talked to music educator Malin Kumkar to find out more.
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.
Claude Jolly is MED-EL’s director of cochlear implant electrode array development, leading the research and design of our flexible electrode arrays. Since joining MED-EL in 1998, Claude has authored or co-authored over 45 scientific publications, and his name is on over 80 United States Patents. Here, the MED-EL Blog got the chance to sit down with
