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An insight into why binaural hearing and music complement each other, lead to better speech understanding and why together is better than alone.

To reach maximum benefit with a second cochlear implant, users should pursue regular training, like they did with their first CI.

Brigitte is so satisfied with her cochlear implant that she now wants one for her other ear.  It was not always like this.

Sabine Weinberger-Pramendorfer is extremely satisfied cochlear implant user and wants to encourage candidates to go for it.

For seven years, 13-year-old Valentin from Austria could only hear in one ear. While his hearing loss remained undetected for a long time...

Hobby musician Walter Widler (CI user) talks about his life-long passion for music.

The ability to hear with both ears is a duplication with a back-up. Users expect their implant to be reliable and safe - bilateral users expect that twice as much.

Our second ear is more than just a backup for our hearing: it significantly facilitates our everyday life. This is why experts call for hearing restoration in both ears.

For people with single-sided deafness various hearing solutions are available. The results from a study of the Upper Austrian Hospital Wels-Grieskirchen may help you make a choice.

About half the cochlear implant (CI) recipients use a hearing aid in the other ear. To ensure that these two different hearing systems work together well, the CI needs to replicate natural hearing.