Life with Cochlear Implants
Live Life in Full Color – Consider Cochlear Implants
Losing your hearing can feel like your life goes from full color to black and white, from being part of your family to feeling like you’re the only one in the room. Even with the best hearing aids, your hearing can deteriorate until nothing seems to work anymore.
And that’s no way to live.
But there is hope. You have choices on how to treat your hearing loss.
We’ve heard amazing stories from patients about their experiences with Cochlear Implants, Bone Conduction Solutions, and Hybrid Hearing Solutions.
After a full hearing evaluation and test, we’ll review what hearing solutions work best for your type of hearing loss. If hearing aids are no longer enough, we may refer you to a doctor to talk about:
Not only are these hearing solutions incredibly powerful and effective, they are often covered by insurance. (See here for more details on insurance coverage.)
When to Consider Cochlear Hearing Solutions
If you’re wearing your hearing aids faithfully, but still:
- Struggle to make out conversation
- Think people are mumbling all the time
- Read lips and ask people to repeat themselves
- Can’t hear in noisy environments
- Feel isolated
These are all indications that your hearing aids are no longer enough for you.
Studies show that patients with cochlear implants were:
- 5 times more satisfied with their ability to understand what is said on TV1
- 11 times more satisfied with their ability to hear on the phone2
Plus, they understood sentences 7 times better than with hearing aids alone.3
Here’s what patients say after getting implants.
Schedule a test to see what hearing loss treatments are best for you.
References
- Clinical Evaluation of the Cochlear Nucleus CI532 Cochlear Implants in Adults Investigator Meeting. 2019 Apr.
- Potts LG, Skinner MW, Litovsky RA, Strube MJ, Kuk F. Recognition and localization of speech by adult cochlear implant recipients wearing a digital hearing aid in the nonimplanted ear (bimodal hearing). Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. 2009 Jun 1;20(6):353-73.
- Balkany T, Hodges A, Menapace C, et al. Nucleus Freedom North American clinical trial. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2007; 136(5):757-762.
- Semenov, YR, Yeh, ST, Seshamani, M, Wang, N-Y, Tobey, EA, Eisenberg, LS, Quittner, AL, Frick, KD, Niparko, JK, CDaCI Investigative Team. Age-Dependent Cost-Utility of Pediatric Cochlear Implantation. Ear Hear. 2013;34(4):402-412.
- Niparko JK(1), Tobey EA, Thal DJ, Eisenberg LS, Wang NY, Quittner AL, Fink NE, CDaCI Investigative Team. Spoken language development in children following cochlear implantation. JAMA. 2010 Apr 21; 303(15):1498-506.
- Effects of Hearing Loss on Development. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) [Internet]. 2013 [Cited 2013 July]. Available from: https://www.asha.org/public/early-identification-of-speech-language-and-hearing-disorders/
- Sharma A, Gilley P, Martin K, Roland P, Bauer P, Dorman M. (2007). Simultaneous versus sequential bilateral implantation in young children: Effects on central auditory system development and plasticity. Audiological Medicine, 5(4), 218-223.
- https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/0161-1461%282004/031%29