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While the journey to cochlear implantation is unique for everyone, it often comes with many questions, a sense of anticipation, and some uncertainty about what lies ahead.

The holiday season is full of festive sounds like laughter at family dinners, clinking cutlery, and cheerful music. But for cochlear implant users, these moments can also bring hearing challenges. To help you make the most of the season, here are some holiday rehab tips, supported by insights directly from our CI community.

For 10 years, Mariia lived with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, relying only on hearing aids. At the age of 27, she finally decided to get a cochlear implant. After some speech training, Mariia’s life improved personally and professionally. In this article, she tells us all about her experience with her CI and how it supports her in her job as neuroscientist and science journalist.

Life for Jordan has been a symphony of resilience, connection, and creativity, all amplified by her bilateral MED-EL cochlear implants. From her early days in South Africa to her adventures in the Netherlands, these devices have helped her stay attuned to the world around her. Now, she’s sharing how they’ve shaped her journey and unlocked the sounds of life, music, and joy.

As a caregiver of a child with a cochlear implant, your role is essential in supporting your child’s speech development. While therapy sessions provide the foundation, the true impact happens at home where your child practices the strategies learned in therapy in natural, everyday situations. To help you remember the strategies introduced to you by your therapist, MED-EL has designed a practical tool: Essential Strategy Cards.

In September, we launched our latest behind-the-ear cochlear implant audio processor: SONNET 3. Some users have already gotten to test it out and let us know what they think.