MED-EL released a new internal cochlear implant, SYNCHRONY, and external sound processor, SONNET.  SYNCHRONY will allow recipients to have an MRI up to 3.0 Tesla without the removal of the magnet.  Please keep in mind that […]

Cochlear’s Nucleus 6 Sound Processor is now available for upgrade to Nucleus 24 recipients.  Cochlear’s website has all the info about upgrading to the Nucleus 6 Sound Processor, and it includes information about the insurance […]

Competition is getting more intense as Advanced Bionics announced on their website that they will be releasing an Aqua Accessory for Naida CI Q70 and Cochlear also announced on their website that they will be […]

2013 has been a big year for the cochlear implant industry as three major cochlear implant manufacturers released new sound processors.  The market share has been shaking up as Advanced Bionics takes some share from […]

Malala Yousafzai’s cochlear implant activation was featured on ABC 20/20 on October 11. You can find the activation clip at 23:30 on Hulu. Scientists developed a new coding strategy to allow cochlear implant recipients hear […]

Switched at Birth Update:  *SPOILER ALERT*  Lizzy Weiss, the creator of the show recently tweeted that a character will be getting a cochlear implant this season.  Katie Leclerc, who plays Daphne, mentioned in an interview […]

New Sound Processors and Promotional Offers 2013 is a big year for all cochlear implant manufacturers!  There is currently a major cochlear implant conference, 11th European Symposium on Pediatric Cochlear Implantation, in Istanbul, Turkey. While […]

Allison lost her hearing to meningitis when she was 18 months old, and has profound hearing loss. She was implanted in 2001 with a MED-EL cochlear implant.  She currently works for MED-EL as a Patient […]