Life with a Hearing Implant
The importance of hearing, everyday problems that come with hearing loss as well as testimonials of hearing implant users – get an insight into life with hearing implant systems here!
What it’s like to be unilaterally deaf
"Having a cochlear implant in my deaf ear has
Music festival by and for users of cochlear and other hearing implants
The SOUND SENSATION Music Festival - Listening to music
Successful art project for young CI users relaunched
An Open Call for Artistic CI-youth! WaveforMe is
Experience with BONEBRIDGE
This kindergarten teacher is really sensitive to the topic of hearing problems in her pupils, as she herself is hearing impaired on one side and got implanted as a teenager.
Quality of life in the older age
On the beauty of life and dealing with limitations
How to select the right cochlear implant
Dr Christian Schmidt MBA, a father of a child with a CI, describes which factors were decisive for him and his wife when choosing a CI system for their daughter.
Audioversum – experience hearing with all senses
If you take a tour through Innsbruck´s AUDIOVERSUM, you will have the opportunity to enjoy and experience hearing in a completely different way.
Rough travel conditions with a cochlear implant
A 41-year-old Andreas Sondergeld was implanted with a CI on one side at the age of 26.
Traveling with a cochlear implant: a time traveler
As Octavia Carnuntina, she deals with different historical period in her role-play games, as a costume dresser and in Playmobile theater. As Andrea Höller, she usually travels around Great Britain, with her two cochlear implants.
Traveling alone with a cochlear implant
How to travel to exotic countries with a cochlear implant?
Traveling with a cochlear implant
A CI user Max Breynck shares his tips on traveling with a cochlear implant with us!
Practising inclusion at school
How well the school will go for children with cochlear implants depends on several factors. The persistence of the parents is one of them.
Audio streaming for CI rehabilitation
While university professor Dr.Florian Eibensteiner was suffering from unilateral deafness which resulted from mumps disease, one of his former students was developing better connection options for CI audio processors.
Benign tumors can cause malignant problems
After a rare disease called neurofibromatoses that affected her hearing, Elena-Daniela Nistor can hear again thanks to a brainstem implant.
Teenager with BONEBRIDGE experience
For almost six years now, Philipp uses a BONEBRIDGE bone conduction implant in his left ear. Recently, he even uses bone conduction for music in his healthy ear.
Mental training for easier life with hearing implant
After health problems, mental training has not only helped Mag. Peter Kmetyko return to the top with his bike, but it has also helped him cope better with hearing problems and learn to live with his BONEBRIDGE implant.
Early hearing care for children born deaf
Patrick Beganovic recalls of his daughter Maja's diagnosis - profound hearing loss. Thanks to cochlear implantation at the Linz University Hospital, the family is now happy to hear Maja's first words.
Life with hearing loss in Palestine
We focus on the town of Bethleem at the turn of each year. However, we do not know much about life with hearing loss in Palestine.
One BONEBRIDGE – both for school and sports
A 7-year old Jakob Ratz is an enthusiastic sportsman, who also enjoys going to school. His BONEBRIDGE ensures that he is fully involved in both situations.
9/11 and hearing loss
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.
