Learn more about our recipients and their experiences with Cochlear.*
<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/306359319_10159961457281390_1828835884191331827_n-e1738105615656-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high">“I am a proud bilateral cochlear implant recipient using Cochlear’s hearing solutions. I was medically diagnosed with sensorineural hearing loss in both ears when I turned 3-years-old. What caused my hearing loss was and is still unknown today. My hearing loss journey I was a hearing aid user until I was 6 years old. My … <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-loss/sensorineural/cochlear-access-to-sound/">Continued</a>
<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/sisters-recent-scaled-e1737736772928-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async">It’s funny to write about it now, eight years ago we had no idea what a cochlear implant was. Fast forward to 2025 and we have two beautiful girls, both with bilateral cochlear implants. A hearing loss diagnosis leads to endless questions Our journey began in 2016. We had our first daughter Arielle who was born with sensorineural … <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-loss/children/myo15a-hearing-loss-in-siblings/">Continued</a>
<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Race-Shop-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async">“My son was born with a condition known as Microtia and Atresia. The main reason for his hearing loss is due to the absence of an ear canal. He is bilateral, which means he has no ear canal on both sides. His hearing loss is classified as being profound. We were blessed to have been … <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-loss/children/mictoria-and-atresia/">Continued</a>
<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CC_blog_hero-300x300.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy">Cochlear’s Remote Care solutions have been created to offer new ways to connect to your clinician when it’s convenient for you, without a visit to the clinic. Once you’ve been enrolled by your clinician, you’ll be able to complete a hearing review or attend a virtual session from anywhere. With Cochlear’s Remote Care tools, clinicians … <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-solutions/services/connected-care/">Continued</a>
<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Stuart-Thomas-Scholarship-450x600px-e1736802142766-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy">How did your professional journey lead you to where you are today? ‘In deciding my career path prior to college, I knew I wanted to go into healthcare to help people. I looked at medicine and health related fields, and that’s how I found my passion today, in hearing health. I completed a 4-year degree … <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-solutions/services/cochlear-recipient-services-vice-president/">Continued</a>
<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Picture1-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy">“Driving home from work, on the main internal motorway on Interstate 15, north bound traffic was stopped ahead from a car accident. Following the prompts from the accident, I came to a complete stop. A car following behind full of 4 young men texting on their phones, didn’t realize the traffic ahead had stopped. They … <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-solutions/cochlear-implants/cochlear-implant-silence/">Continued</a>
<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Rachel-Sky-Diving-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">Why share my story? “I’m excited to share my journey as an inspiration to fellow Baha System recipients and anyone navigating life with challenges. My message is simple yet powerful, “don’t let the word ‘disability’ define your limits.” Growing up without a role model who shared my experiences, I forged my own path in a … <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-solutions/bone-conduction/baha-sound-processor-features/">Continued</a>
<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Fred-CI-e1735922737176-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy">Fred’s hearing loss started in high school, first in his left ear. At the time, he had never had a hearing test; he just learned to live with limited hearing in one ear. He also didn’t look into getting a hearing aid because he felt it would make him different and he really wanted to … <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-solutions/cochlear-implants/bilateral-nucleus-8-sound-processor/">Continued</a>
<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/8123747C-BE41-4E45-907A-B4F406469944-300x300.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy">Can you share with us how you lost your hearing and the journey to your implant? “My name is Fiona and I am a professional ballet dancer and teacher with a cochlear implant. I was born with full hearing and always passed all my yearly hearing tests with flying colors. When I was 12, I noticed … <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-solutions/cochlear-implants/cochlear-implant-ballerina/">Continued</a>
<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Kathleen-Snow-scaled-e1733258581529-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy">“I was born with bilateral, congenital hearing loss, and in July 2010, an episode of severe anemia resulted in a sudden decrease in my hearing sensitivity, tinnitus and disequilibrium. Two months later, my symptoms resolved except for the hearing loss. Although I had been born with severe to profound hearing loss, the loss of the … <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-solutions/cochlear-implants/hearing-family-with-cochlear-implants/">Continued</a>
*The stories above are shared by our recipients nationwide and not exclusive to that of a Cochlear Hearing Center recipient.
