Learn more about our recipients and their experiences with Cochlear.*
<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/pic2-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high">“When Alina was first born, she was the perfect baby. She could sleep through anything and wouldn’t wake up even with the barking of the 4-legged family members (our 2 dogs). As time passed, we noticed that she was not meeting some of her development milestones.  A diagnosis helps us understand her delayed development Shortly … <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-loss/children/delayed-development-from-hearing-loss/">Continued</a>
<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/pic2-e1698354695207-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async">“When Theo was born, we learned that he failed his newborn hearing screening on the left side. Six weeks later, we went to a follow-up to confirm he did ‘refer’ and we did the auditory brainstem response test (ABR) at 2 months old. Our fears were confirmed that he had a sensorineural hearing loss in … <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-loss/children/hearing-loss-in-toddler/">Continued</a>
<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Nancy-Piano-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async">What Nancy noticed when she upgraded her sound processor   Nancy thought her Cochlear™ Nucleus® 6 Sound Processors “were the cat’s pajamas,” but when she upgraded to the Nucleus 8 Sound Processor, she immediately noticed the difference in comfort and size, and appreciated the new features.   “The Nucleus 8 Sound Processor, it was so … <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-solutions/cochlear-implants/nucleus-8-sound-processor-and-music/">Continued</a>
<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/QA-with-mentors-1-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy">Tips for Mentoring Teens with Hearing Loss Being a teenager is tough at the best of times, but when you feel different because of hearing loss, it’s good to get support from others just like you. “Teenagers face particular challenges when they have hearing loss. It’s tough being different,” says John Lui, national manager of … <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/cochlear/community/mentoring-teens-hearing-loss/">Continued</a>
<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Storrs_005-e1698353821931-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy">“Oh, the gift of sound! Sound, to me, is the spice of life during the holiday season. Conversations with loved ones gathered around the holiday table, holiday music, children laughing, more holiday music and the crackling of a cozy fire. Yes, please! The sounds of the holidays are music to my ears, more now than … <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/cochlear/community/hearing-during-the-holidays/">Continued</a>
<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Over-50-4-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy">Peter’s experience-global cochlear implant task force Did you know that people are more than twice as likely to get their pet checked by a vet than they are to get their own hearing checked? Yet “deafness or impaired hearing has a profound impact on people’s lives,” says Peter, a cochlear implant recipient from Australia. “Unless … <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-solutions/cochlear-implants/over-50-hearing-screening-checklist/">Continued</a>
<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_5618_2-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy">Laura Chesky, M.S. Speech and Hearing, Teacher of the Deaf and optimist Recipient Solutions Manager – Central Prior to joining Cochlear Americas in 2021, Laura was a Teacher for the Deaf in a public school system in Plainfield, IL. She served as an independent provider in Illinois’ Early Intervention system as a Developmental Therapist and … <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-solutions/services/cochlear-recipient-solutions-central/">Continued</a>
<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Hybrid-work-2-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy">Before the pandemic, in the UK, about one in 10 people had worked from home at least one day in the week, but by 2022 that figure had risen to one in five. In the US, data shows that, in 2022, about 42% of workers who could work remotely had a hybrid schedule, and 39% … <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-solutions/services/hybrid-working-hearing-loss/">Continued</a>
<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Allys-Act-IG-CNN-post1-e1699297541963-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy">November 9th is Microtia & Atresia Awareness Day, a nationally recognized opportunity to spread awareness about this underrecognized condition. Microtia and atresia are congenital abnormalities of the ear and ear canal, that occur in approximately 1 in 10,000 live births. As a result of these abnormalities, individuals can suffer from conductive hearing loss. Through a … <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-loss/children/microtia-and-atresia-awareness-day/">Continued</a>
<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Protoconch-1-scaled-e1698271613175-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy">“When our son, Britt, was born, we were expecting the normal hospital stay and the sometimes-blissful, often-exhausting first few months of odd sleep schedules, family visits and pediatrician appointments. He was born without any real complications and soon was perfectly happy being cradled, enjoying his bottle, sleeping and crying. The second day of his life, … <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-loss/children/hearing-loss-from-waardenburg-syndrome/">Continued</a>
*The stories above are shared by our recipients nationwide and not exclusive to that of a Cochlear Hearing Center recipient.
