In last month’s article, 42-year-old CI user, occupational therapist, and singer Kylie told us all about her hearing journey and reaching her hearing goals with single-sided deafness. Today, she will share how close her CI hearing is to her natural hearing, what she did to reach this goal, and how her cochlear implant has impacted her singing and her daily life.
Kylie lost her hearing in one ear after an inner ear infection when she was 38 years old. In this article, the 42-year-old singer and occupational therapist tells us the reasons she went for a MED-EL implant and audio processor, and the listening goals she has achieved with single-sided deafness (SSD) so far.
If you have single-sided deafness (SSD) and are one of the increasing number of adults around the world who’ve decided to receive a cochlear implant (CI), you’re probably looking for ways to get your listening up to speed! In this post, we share a couple of activities to improve your listening with your CI and
Have you discovered the “Ask Our Experts” videos yet? In the first three episodes of our new video series, MED-EL’s in-house audiology expert Jen Robinson focuses on the importance of being able to hear with both ears – no matter the type of hearing loss. She answers questions about bimodal and bilateral hearing and describes
