With the current generation of Samsung smartphones, you can talk on the phone or listen to music with both ears at the same time - even if you hear with a cochlear implant on one and a hearing aid on the other side!
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.
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.
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.
An insight into why binaural hearing and music complement each other, lead to better speech understanding and why together is better than alone.
Hobby musician Walter Widler (CI user) talks about his life-long passion for music.
AudioLink is a wireless all-rounder that makes enjoying music with cochlear implants more comfortable.
The interaction between music and hearing ability and why music should be used more discerningly.
Music is clearly an important subject for young CI users: it communicates moods and feelings and helps in dealing with these.
