ALL ARTICLES
Hearing Implant Magazine
Explore the world of human hearing and read the stories from hearing implant users! Browse through all the exciting articles about hearing related topics from the magazine right here!
Tips for parents on how to deal with their child's cochlear implant Respectful
How can parents prepare their child for cochlear implantation? The decision to have
Why a Surgeon Chose a MED-EL Cochlear Implant When Jason's hearing loss started
Which bicycle or motorcycle helmet is suitable for hearing implant users? For users
Cochlear implant: more than just audio-verbal communication Recent studies show: Hearing environmental sounds
Cochlear implant secures job and prevents burnout Hearing impairments have a variety of
Deaf people were also among those affected by the attacks on New York's World Trade Center on 09/11, 2001, while some other survivors lost their hearing as a result of the events.
Scientific evidence managed to cofirm that it was possible to understand speech with a cochlear implant flawlessly. But the question "HOW naturally do the users hear?" remained unanswered.
In order to listen to music with better sound quality, Karl-Heinz Fuchs even gave up five percent speech intelligibility when setting the TEMPO+ processor.
Today we are talking from the heart of production of Cochlear Implants: the Implant Development. The experts expain how cochlear implants are developed.
The distribution of mother and father roles has changed in our society in recent years. However, the strengths of fathers are still not sufficiently used in the early support of children with hearing impairment.
A new speech processor - the SAMBA 2 has been available for users of the VIBRANT SOUNDBRIDGE and BONEBRIDGE implants since last year. Musician and dad Moritz Scharf has tried out the processor and is thrilled.
Tahlita from South Africa spent the best day of her life right in the middle of the Corona-crisis. Her mother Bianca Birdsey explains how it happened.
FCEI, the Network for Family-Centred Early Intervention, has been online since February and is also talking about surprising effects of the pandemic on families.
For the first hearing training, it is often enough to use everyday sounds and child´s body as a sound source, rather than instruments or toys.
Manufacturers of cochlear implants are announcing many innovations for the next few years. On the other hand, users' requests seem almost modest: simple audio accessories and more focus on music.
There are many reasons why medical professionals want to get the inner pictures of their patients' organs. But, the users of MED-EL hearing implants are well prepared for this!
Every hearing implant user should inform the medical team before the MRI about the type of implant, as this gives enough time for proper preparation.