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Developing self-advocacy skills to improve your life as a cochlear implant recipient

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Developing self-advocacy skills to improve your life as a cochlear implant recipient

Developing self-advocacy skills to improve your life as a cochlear implant recipient

Advocate for yourself While many parents are understandably...
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Six handy hints when upgrading to help you choose your next sound processor

Six handy hints when upgrading to help you choose your next sound processor

No matter if you prefer a behind-the-ear or off-the ear devi...
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Why brain plasticity among adults with cochlear implants matters

Why brain plasticity among adults with cochlear implants matters

While access to cochlear implant technology is life changing for many people, we...
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Woman with adult-onset hearing loss gets cochlear implant and tattoo to commemorate new hearing

“I grew up as a person with normal hearing, but in 2013, at the age of 44, I b...
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After hearing loss from meningitis, artist Cai is thankful his cochlear implant provides access to hear and be heard

After hearing loss from meningitis, artist Cai is thankful his cochlear implant provides access to hear and be heard

“When I was 8 years old, I had a profound hearing loss fro...
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‘I forget it’s even there’: Mary Ann talks about her experience with upgrading to the Cochlear Nucleus Kanso 2 and Nucleus 7 Sound Processors

‘I forget it’s even there’: Mary Ann talks about her experience with upgrading to the Cochlear Nucleus Kanso 2 and Nucleus 7 Sound Processors

Mary Ann loves the outdoors. She is a master gardener and na...
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Time to rethink adult hearing therapy for cochlear implants

Time to rethink adult hearing therapy for cochlear implants

Hearing therapy can enhance your communication outcomes Did...
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Emergency encounter shines light on listening and spoken language exercises

Emergency encounter shines light on listening and spoken language exercises

A threat in the chicken coop When Elri discovered a reptile threatening the fam...
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Music training helps in noisy situations

Music training helps in noisy situations

Imagine you’re in a busy café talking with a friend. You ...
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College student transitions from hearing aids to bilateral cochlear implants

"Having a hearing loss is like a roller coaster. You have your ups and downs in ...
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Kanso 2 Sound Processor recipients share experience upgrading to new technology

Kanso 2 Sound Processor recipients share experience upgrading to new technology

The Kanso 2 Sound Processor is a discreet off-the-ear hearin...
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Cochlear Baha 5 Sound Processor: Five troubleshooting tips to stay on air

Cochlear Baha 5 Sound Processor: Five troubleshooting tips to stay on air

My sound processor won’t turn on This might be your batte...
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Listening in noisy environments

Listening in noisy environments

Unwanted sound is just "noise"! When sound interferes with c...
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Recently upgraded? Here’s five key Cochlear Nucleus Kanso 2 Sound Processor technology tips

Recently upgraded? Here’s five key Cochlear Nucleus Kanso 2 Sound Processor technology tips

Your new Cochlear Kanso 2 Sound Processor has many great new...
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Cochlear implant communication strategies to help improve conversation

Nanette Thompson is a Speech-Language Pathologist and a Listening and Spoken Lan...
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Nurse switches to Cochlear after decades with different cochlear implant company

Nurse switches to Cochlear after decades with different cochlear implant company

“When I was just six months old, I lost my hearing from an adverse reaction to...
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From learning she was a candidate for cochlear implants to going bilateral, woman gains new life

From learning she was a candidate for cochlear implants to going bilateral, woman gains new life

“I look back over the years and recall when I first realiz...
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Tempted to practice cochlear implant social bluffing? Time to reconsider…

Tempted to practice cochlear implant social bluffing? Time to reconsider…

Survival skill or conversation crasher? Basically, it’s a...
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Sue Nucleus 22 Implant Upgrade

Hearing keeps getting better for Nucleus 22 Implant recipient with the Nucleus 7 Upgrade

In 1984, after having suddenly lost her hearing to meningoco...
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Learn how cochlear implant helped woman with hearing loss caused by Meniere’s disease

Learn how cochlear implant helped woman with hearing loss caused by Meniere’s disease

“I lost my hearing as a result of Meniere’s disease. I b...
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Bring Back the Beat

Music after a cochlear implant

We all have had that experience of hearing a song and reflec...

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Man with cochlear implants tells story of COVID-19 cruise ship outbreak and hospitalization

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A cochlear implant blessing despite COVID-19

A cochlear implant blessing despite COVID-19

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Practice your hearing with Cochlear Baha and Osia Sound Processors: An audiologist shares tips and tricks for hearing your best with a bone conduction hearing device

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