The number of cochlear implant brands is growing. A new cochlear implant brand, known as Nurotron, is being developed in China. Another cochlear implant brand known as iEnjoy Sound is being developed in South Korea. Both are not available in the US and Europe at the moment. This is a very exciting news for me personally because I [...]
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Two more cochlear implant brands are being developed
Friday, April 6th, 2012
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Batteries will no longer be available for cochlear implant recipients
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
The world is about to be doomed! I just received reports several days ago from battery manufacturing companies that the metallic chemical elements such as Lithium and Zinc used to produce both disposable and rechargeable batteries have just run out. While there are still enough batteries to provide every cochlear implant recipients at least another three [...]
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Let’s focus on giving people access to hearing, not brand wars
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
As a founder of CI Online, I receive many e-mails from cochlear implant candidates asking me “Which cochlear implant brand should I choose?” It is the question that I always want to shy away from if I can. For several years until I released the brand comparison chart, I responded to their e-mails by providing [...]
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Cochlear Implant Recipients Have a Unique Social Group
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
Having a disability can often bring in positive blessings to the lives of people. For example, cochlear implant recipients meet many other cochlear implant recipients throughout the world via online and at conferences, and they create everlasting friendships. These photos of Laurie, Judy, Deb and Jen who are chatting on Skype together are examples because [...]
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Let’s bring a cochlear implant recipient to Switched at Birth!
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
While I adore the TV show, Switched at Birth, I do have issues that they are not portraying today’s generation of deaf people, those who receive a cochlear implant at a young age and are able to communicate with ease by hearing and speaking. I would like to run a campaign asking ABC Family, Lizzy [...]
