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A common question that we get from hearing implant recipients is, “Am I able to drive, legally, with my hearing implant?” In many cases, the answer is yes. But, because I know that some recipients might be apprehensive about driving (or just getting a driver’s license), here’s some information that you can use to learn about driving with a hearing implant.

In a previous post we talked about different types of hearing loss, but there’s a lot more to hearing loss than just giving it a name to define the severity, like “severe-to-profound” or “sensorineural”. But, have you ever wondered about what might cause a hearing loss to happen? Let’s find out! What is Genetics? Genetics

Editor’s note: this is the second in a series of guest posts from bilateral CI recipient Adam Fitzgerald. In his previous post, he talked about the first steps of his CI journey. Family and cochlear implants: for a recipient, these two things often go hand-in-hand. One of the things that surprised me most when receiving

Editor’s note: this is the second post from Matt Jones, a MED-EL cochlear implant recipient. You can read the first part here. Then came the next step: I had the operation. I was in and out and all dopey from the anesthetic in no time. After weeks of recovery, it was time to take the next step.