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For many years, Jannette from Germany was ashamed of her hearing loss and withdrew further and further from life. Until she decided to change something and went for cochlear implants. In today's [...]

What do Katy Perry’s “Roar”, The Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun”, Wham’s “Last Christmas” and Beethoven’s “Für Elise” have in common? They all made it to a MED-EL Spotify playlist! The MED-EL [...]

Our new AudioStream cover is here, making direct streaming easy for all SONNET and SONNET 2 series users. After setting it up for the first time, all you need to do is slide the AudioStream cover [...]

Heinz and Walter are two amateur musicians from Austria. The two of them don't only share a love for music. They also both use cochlear implants, and thanks to their hearing devices they can [...]

After Ilan from the US experienced painful MRIs with his old cochlear implant, he decided to switch to a MED-EL CI. Read on to find out more about why MRIs are much more comfortable for him now, [...]

René Vergè is a musician and sound engineer from Germany – and he is also a bilateral recipient of MED-EL cochlear implants. He told us about his hearing journey and why, thanks to his cochlear [...]

Kristian Erickson from Alaska has one big passion: studying foreign languages. But his progressive hearing loss made mastering them increasingly difficult – until he got cochlear implants, [...]

Captivating string quartets, moving piano solos, and a soulful vocal performance. On paper, it might sound like a normal night at the Haus Der Musik, Innsbruck’s concert hall. But last November’s [...]

Our Music Specialist and cochlear implant user Johanna shares her secret tips for the best music training apps for CI recipients!

There are some personalities you’ll never forget, like Charlie’s. Usher Syndrome, which causes deafness and blindness, doesn’t stop talented 10-year-old Charlie playing music, sport and more!