Reconnect With Life: Cochlear Implants for Adults

Benefits of Cochlear Implants

  • Reconnect with your loved ones
  • Improve communication
  • Keep doing the things you love
  • Hear the beautiful sounds around you

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Be the One to Set Hearing Free

Do you struggle to understand conversations… even with your hearing aids? Do you feel like you’re missing out and losing connection to the people you love? Are misunderstandings preventing you from enjoying your work or hobbies? These could be signs of severe hearing loss.

For many people approaching retirement age, hearing loss is a natural part of the aging process. It can be caused by genetic factors, noise damage, disease, or even some medications. But you don’t have to accept hearing loss. There are solutions that can give you access to sound again.

A woman is helping a boy to skateboard, and she is able to hear his laughter thanks to her cochlear implant.

Keep Your Hearing Young

You may have heard of cochlear implants. And if so, you may think of them as a hearing solution for babies born deaf. But did you know that cochlear implants can also be a solution for adults who lose their hearing over time?

With a hearing solution such as a cochlear implant, you can get back to doing the things you love. Don’t miss out on years of connection that hearing can give you.

By reconnecting with sound, you can maintain the health associated with hearing: Reduce the risk of cognitive decline by providing your brain with sound, keeping your brain active so no one even notices you’re getting older.

A work get-together: An older woman is surrounded by a bubble that represents her hearing loss, and she does not hear that she is receiving an award.

Like Glasses for Your Ears

When you can no longer see well, you get new glasses. If, in the future, your joints no longer work well, you may consider having them replaced. So, if you're no longer benefiting from your hearing aids, why wouldn’t you consider a cochlear implant?

But what is a cochlear implant, and how does it work differently from a hearing aid?

  

Hearing Aid:

  • Amplifies sound
  • For mild-to-severe hearing loss
  • No surgery
  • Worn in or behind the ear
  

Cochlear Implant:

  • Stimulates the inner ear to send sound signals to the brain
  • For severe-to-profound hearing loss
  • Requires surgery
  • Implant placed under skin, audio processor on or above ear

User Stories

See what our users have to say about their cochlear implants:

Four adults are at a group fitness lesson, and the adult with the cochlear implant can hear and join in on the conversation and laughter.

How Much Does a Cochlear Implant Cost?

The cost of a cochlear implant varies depending on the country you live in, your level of hearing loss, and your health insurance coverage. To find out more, we recommend getting in touch with your healthcare provider. When indicated, a cochlear implant may be covered by your insurance.

A photographer with a cochlear implant can hear her friends’ kind comments about the photos she has taken.

Hearing Loss Checklist

Do you relate to the following statements? If so, you may be able to benefit from a cochlear implant.

  • Hearing aids are not enough.
  • I struggle to hear well in group settings.
  • I avoid talking on the phone.
  • I often need people to repeat themselves.
  • I cannot hear high-pitched voices.
  • My hearing loss isolates me.
  • I avoid conversations because I know I will not understand them.
  • Others complain that I have turned up the television too high.
  • I cannot understand people without reading their lips.

Connect With a Real User

Our Hearpeers Mentors are cochlear implant recipients and parents of recipients from around the world. They are ready to answer your questions about life with a hearing implant.

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Is hearing loss preventing you or a loved one from connecting with life?

Get in touch with us by filling out the form to receive a free brochure with more detailed information about cochlear implants. Find out more about this solution for age-related hearing loss.

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