Concealing Whether that’s with your hairstyle or the color/coil covers you pick or do you prefer picking the more obvious covers and wearing your hair so it’s visible?

I’m being asked to pick the color of my device and I’m not sure what would be a better choice…something darker brown or black that blends with my hair…they even have coil covers made to look like hair (?!?) or picking something more obvious with the intention of wearing it visibly so people are more mindful of facing me?

I’m just curious what everyone’s personal preference is and why?

I got the call from my doctor, who said that after 8 months of going back and forth with the insurance company, the authorization to get a second implant has been approved, and I have a few days to decide whether or not to move forward with getting a second cochlear implant. I was implanted in 2001 on the right side while wearing hearing aids on the left side. However, the quality was vastly different between the two devices, so I stopped wearing hearing aids.

To all the posts here, it sounds like even after 10+ years of inactivity in the left ear, it would still be worth implanting it but will have to give myself time and space to let the ear learn & adapt. Is that right?

The crazy part is while the potential surgery date is early august, I am expecting my first child end of october so its going to be quite a busy next few months to adjust, then get ready for the baby.

Long time CI user here, had CI before bluetooth or waterproof were a thing, and it’s really nice to have those improvements. What other things could they add?

Anything AI? Maybe auto translate?

I love subtitles and excited for VR/AR to have subtitles for daily life

Hi all, I was activated with a Cochlear Nucleus 8 CI last Friday - I have had severe-profound sensorineural hearing loss since birth and at 41 my hearing aids said ‘I don’t like speech anymore’ so I took the plunge. May get my left ear done if all goes well…

Anyway, I have a bullet journal/diary and was wondering if anyone on here had any cool spread ideas for how they track their listening progress/gains with their CI? 🙏🏻

AFAIU AB claims the Marvel can be connected to, say, the computer to listen to music/stream a movie/..., and at the same time to the phone to e.g. notify you of incoming calls.
But that's not possible for me, once the Marvel is connected to one device the second simply can't connect.

Did anyone succeed in doing that with their Marvel?

Anyone here who want to sell rondo 3, i need to buy it for my daughter who currenly using rondo 3 and her age is around 5 years and now i want upgrade so, please anyone intrested to sell ?

My son got his cochlear at 1 year old and he is almost 4. In that time, we’ve managed to lose 1 entire processor and are down to 1 battery.

We have 1 processor, 1 waterproof processor, and 1 battery.

We spoke with his audiologist and she said that if she orders replacements through cochlear for us, that’s the only thing they will cover for his entire lifetime of the cochlear.

What is another way we can get replacement pieces and not have to pay hundreds of dollars?

Hi everyone,

I'm facing a difficult decision regarding my upcoming cochlear implant. One feature that is extremely important to me is direct Bluetooth streaming. Being able to stream music, videos, and phone calls directly to both ears without additional accessories or noticeable delay is a huge priority for me.

My doctors are leaning toward MED-EL, which makes sense from a surgical perspective because of its flexible electrodes and the potential to preserve residual hearing. However, I was surprised to learn that MED-EL currently offers direct bimodal streaming (DualSync) only with Starkey hearing aids. Unfortunately, Starkey has very limited support and fitting services in my country. I currently wear a Signia hearing aid, and as far as I know, MED-EL cannot stream directly together with it.

I also looked into the alternatives:

• Advanced Bionics + Phonak: I tried Phonak hearing aids before, but I really didn't like their sound quality.
• Cochlear + ReSound: In my experience, ReSound feels like a downgrade compared to Signia.

For those of you using a bimodal setup, how do you deal with being locked into a specific ecosystem? Is seamless direct bimodal streaming important enough to influence your choice of implant and hearing aid, or would you choose the implant you believe is best for your hearing outcomes and simply use over-ear headphones for music and videos instead?

I'd really appreciate hearing about your experiences. Thank you!

I have SSD and have a Nucleus 8 in my left ear and natural hearing in my right. There are times where I listen to music with inner ear AirPods and only use the right one but would love the option to have both sides going at the same time.

After some research, I’m curious if anyone has any experience using the Cochlear Wireless Phone Clip to stream music to the phone clip, while also playing music through your phone/airpods or other headphones.

I’m also open to any other devices or solutions anyone else has had. Thank you in advance!!