Author: Jesse Griego

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How bilateral Kanso Sound Processors helped young Piper hear and thrive

How bilateral Kanso Sound Processors helped young Piper hear and thrive

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“Piper failed her newborn hearing test in the hospital and then failed again a couple of weeks later. At three months old, our local children’s hospital (Akron Children’s Hospital) conducted an auditory brainstem response (ABR) test. This test can tell how the cochlea and the brain pathways for hearing are working. After the test was … Continued

How to support your loved one at a hearing appointment—and beyond

How to support your loved one at a hearing appointment—and beyond

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Experiencing hearing loss and navigating solutions is often an emotional—and overwhelming—process. As a loved one looking for ways to offer support, a reassuring and calm presence is vital in helping those with hearing loss seek help quickly and select the best solution for them. After all, family and friends truly understand the profound effect hearing … Continued

Cochlear North America Wins Dual Honors at 2025 Hearing Health & Technology Matters Innovator Awards

Cochlear North America Wins Dual Honors at 2025 Hearing Health & Technology Matters Innovator Awards

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LONE TREE, CO — October 6, 2025 — Cochlear North America is proud to announce its recognition as a gold winner in two categories at the prestigious 2025 Hearing Health & Technology Matters (HHTM) Innovator Awards. The company received top honors in both the Auditory Implants – Cochlear Implants category for the Cochlear™ Nucleus® Nexa® … Continued

Kim’s journey to a cochlear implant: a new beginning to hear and thrive

Kim’s journey to a cochlear implant: a new beginning to hear and thrive

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A Journey Shaped by Hearing Loss “I was born with severe-to-profound hearing loss of unknown origin. From a very young age, I wore two hearing aids but at age eight, I decided to keep just one in my right ear—my left ear has no hearing. For a long time, I tried to downplay my communication … Continued

Winning back shared adventure: How Hank supported his wife Kathy throughout her hearing loss journey

Winning back shared adventure: How Hank supported his wife Kathy throughout her hearing loss journey

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“Kathy and I met in August of 1979 and were married a year later. Over the next decade, we welcomed three children—two sons and a daughter. We both valued and pursued education. Kathy became a nurse and worked part-time when the kids were in school. As they grew older, she gained more experience and put … Continued

My unexpected journey to hearing again: Living with the Cochlear Osia System

My unexpected journey to hearing again: Living with the Cochlear Osia System

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“My journey with hearing loss came unexpectedly, without warning, at a time that could not have been worse. In November 2022, a serious, life-threatening virus unexpectedly thrust me into a world where I could barely walk, and my vision and hearing were severely impaired. I spent 20 days in an intensive care facility while doctors … Continued

Tennis, traveling and thriving: Mathilde’s experience as a recipient of cochlear implants

Tennis, traveling and thriving: Mathilde’s experience as a recipient of cochlear implants

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“My name is Mathilde, and I am a 24-year-old bilateral cochlear implant user from Denmark. I was born with profound sensorineural hearing loss and received my cochlear implants when I was 2 and 6 years old. At that time, I could only receive one cochlear implant, so I traveled to Sweden to get my second … Continued

Bringing up Brynn: A young girl’s journey with a cochlear implant and an auditory brainstem implant

Bringing up Brynn: A young girl’s journey with a cochlear implant and an auditory brainstem implant

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“Before our daughter, Brynn, was born in 2008, we were already concerned about her hearing. Though we are a hearing couple with no history of deafness in our respective families, our son, Jevin, who was born a few years prior with single-sided deafness, had repeatedly failed his newborn hearing screening in one ear. Many doctor … Continued

In Addy’s words: embracing my hearing loss disability with the Osia System

In Addy’s words: embracing my hearing loss disability with the Osia System

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“I was born deaf in my right ear. My parents did a lot of diagnostic and genetic testing when I was a baby, but my doctors could not find a cause for the deafness. I received a CT, and it showed that the anatomy of my inner ear is completely normal, which surprised me. My … Continued

Cochlear Launches World’s First and Only Smart Cochlear Implant System

Cochlear Launches World’s First and Only Smart Cochlear Implant System

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Upgradeable Firmware: The Cochlear™ Nucleus® Nexa™ System features upgradeable firmware on the implant – an industry first, allowing recipients to access future innovation through firmware updates. Smallest Sound Processor: The new Nucleus 8 Nexa Sound Processor, with the new Power Compact rechargeable battery, is the smallest sound processor with all day battery life# on the … Continued

Lyla, a young girl with unilateral hearing loss was motivated to hear Taylor Swift through both ears

Lyla, a young girl with unilateral hearing loss was motivated to hear Taylor Swift through both ears

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“Until age 5, Lyla was just like every other kid her age. She had just finished pre-K with the excitement of kindergarten looming in the fall and a fun summer planned. During preschool, it was mentioned that she should be evaluated for speech services. We knew Lyla had some speech intelligibility and services were approved … Continued

Deaf overnight: How a police officer dealt with sudden sensorineural hearing loss with a cochlear implant

Deaf overnight: How a police officer dealt with sudden sensorineural hearing loss with a cochlear implant

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“In September 2022, I was going through Covid for the third time. Covid had just become a part of my family’s normal process. I worked as a nightshift police supervisor for a medium sized town in Washington State. When the rest of the world was sheltering in place we went into people’s homes to settle … Continued

Cochlear introduces the Baha 7 Sound Processor and Baha SoundBand

Cochlear introduces the Baha 7 Sound Processor and Baha SoundBand

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NEW Baha® 7 Sound Processor: First in bone conduction to enable Bluetooth® LE Audio and Auracast™ broadcast audio streaming capabilities1,2. NEW Baha SoundBand™: Improved look and fitting options over current Baha Softband to help children with hearing loss thrive. NEW Bluetooth™ LE Audio Accessories: AutoStreaming, LE Audio functionality, and updated design. NEW Baha Fitting Software … Continued

Augustine’s story: navigating a rare disease like Mitchell Syndrome with cochlear implants

Augustine’s story: navigating a rare disease like Mitchell Syndrome with cochlear implants

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“We welcomed our son Augustine in mid-2022. He was our first son after two daughters and we were completely enamored with him and still are. He was born hearing, healthy and ready for an active life at our home in Puerto Rico. A couple months in we realized he had more health questions than we … Continued

After 44 years, hearing rehab and cochlear implants have helped Randy hear again

After 44 years, hearing rehab and cochlear implants have helped Randy hear again

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“My name is Randy and I live in Colorado. I have had profound hearing loss in both ears that started 44 years ago, due to working underground with high noise levels. I started wearing hearing aids 43 years ago. The last four years my hearing loss progressed significantly. My word recognition and ability to understand … Continued

6 ways that you can take part in Better Hearing Month 2025

6 ways that you can take part in Better Hearing Month 2025

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Protect your hearing Reduce the time and level of exposure to loud sounds by using ear protection in loud environments such as concerts, sporting events, racetrack, or noisy hobbies. Visit Deafness and hearing loss: Safe listening for more. Use your devices wisely Use the built-in safe listening feature on your devices and use noise cancelling … Continued

Jeannie’s journey to better hearing with single-sided deafness through the Cochlear Osia System

Jeannie’s journey to better hearing with single-sided deafness through the Cochlear Osia System

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“I received my Cochlear Osia System in July of 2021. I can honestly say that getting the Osia System is the best decision I have ever made. Living a life without a hearing solution I lived over 35 years with single-sided deafness without a solution. When I was diagnosed in the early 1980’s, I was … Continued

Trusting the process: Samantha’s transition to bilateral cochlear implants and hearing in both ears

Trusting the process: Samantha’s transition to bilateral cochlear implants and hearing in both ears

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“’Trust the process’ is what cochlear implant recipients are often told from the beginning to end of the surgical, activation and hearing adjustment process. If I had to sum up my experience of becoming a bilateral cochlear implant recipient in just a few words, those words would be ‘trust the process.’ How my journey to … Continued

With a family history of hearing loss, Jerry broke the chain with a bimodal hearing solution and now has 95% word recognition

With a family history of hearing loss, Jerry broke the chain with a bimodal hearing solution and now has 95% word recognition

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“I grew up in a family of hearing loss. Every paternal male member of my family that I can recall had low-frequency bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and used hearing aids. I should have been prepared for what was to come, but when I took my first professional job in my late 20s, I was still … Continued

Jack’s journey as a child with single-sided deafness (SSD) and regaining access to sound, through a cochlear implant

Jack’s journey as a child with single-sided deafness (SSD) and regaining access to sound, through a cochlear implant

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“Hello! I am the proud mama to two of the sweetest children. I wanted to share my son Jack’s story. Jack, who recently turned 6, was diagnosed at birth with sensorineural hearing loss in his right ear (he doesn’t have the little hairs that vibrate to make sound for the brain to process and make … Continued

Living with lupus related hearing loss: Revisiting Tiena’s cochlear implant journey 8 years later

Living with lupus related hearing loss: Revisiting Tiena’s cochlear implant journey 8 years later

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“In 2015 I started losing my hearing; I started noticing things around me sounding different. Things like people talking and their voices sounding muffled. I would be watching television and it seemed really low, so I would turn it up not realizing it was super loud. Family members would tell me ‘Mone (my nickname) you … Continued