From X-rays and MRIs to facelifts and dental work, here’s what to know about common medical procedures when you have a cochlear implant.
From X-rays and MRIs to facelifts and dental work, here’s what to know about common medical procedures when you have a cochlear implant.
Are you scheduled for an MRI and wondering how it will affect your MED-EL cochlear implant? Look no further: Our comprehensive guide answers all your questions about MRI safety, preparation, and what to expect during the scan.
Throughout your hearing journey, friends, family, colleagues and other people you meet will probably be curious about that cool technology on your head—your hearing implant. People will always be interested in technology they don’t see often, and so they may ask questions to learn more.
Harold Pillsbury, MD, Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine performed the first SYNCHRONY cochlear implant surgery in the USA in 2015. Read what he thinks about a main feature of that implant: its exceptional MRI safety. Over your career you have performed more than
Safety and reliability are at the heart of our cochlear implant systems. Our state-of-the-art technology is designed to provide you with dependable access to sound, keeping you connected with the world around you.
At MED-EL headquarters in Austria, we connect the brightest minds from around the world together to create the future for hearing implant technologies. In the first of a series of guest posts, we will introduce you to the expert scientists, researchers, and engineers from around the globe who are working on bringing hearing to the world.