The middle ear is made up of several tiny bones that work together to transport sound waves to the inner ear and then to our brains, enabling us to hear. Unfortunately, it's not uncommon for this sensitive system to stop working. But passive middle ear implants can help people with conductive hearing loss by replacing the tiniest bones in the body.
Due to a cholesteatoma, Jonas' hearing was severely limited in one ear. In today's guest article, the passionate singer and medical student talks about his journey to a middle ear implant, why hearing aids were not a solution for him, and how the SAMBA 2 helps him sing.
A couple of weeks ago we introduced you to Silke, who talked about her hearing loss and making the decision on the VIBRANT SOUNDBRIDGE Middle Ear Implant. Silke is from Germany and received her implant at the end of November 2016 after searching for a hearing loss solution for the past twenty years. In this
Geoffrey Ball is the inventor of the VIBRANT SOUNDBRIDGE — and a SOUNDBRIDGE recipient himself. He developed his hearing loss at an early age, and to him the solution was obvious: he needed to build a device that worked with what little hearing he had left. MED-EL Blog: Thanks for sitting down with us, Geoffrey.
The middle ear might have the smallest bones in the human body, but it plays a huge role in hearing. In this post, we’ll dive into this tiny but important part of the body, and find out how the middle ear works. What Is the Middle Ear? Behind the eardrum, in the middle ear, you’ll
