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<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" fetchpriority="high">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 &#8230; <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-solutions/services/cochlear-recipient-services-vice-president/">Continued</a>

Introducing Stuart Thomas, Vice President, Recipient Services for Cochlear Americas

<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">“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 &#8230; <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-solutions/cochlear-implants/cochlear-implant-silence/">Continued</a>

How I lost my hearing and found sound with cochlear implants

<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">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 &#8230; <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-solutions/bone-conduction/baha-sound-processor-features/">Continued</a>

Bilateral Baha System recipient, Rachel, shares her inspiring story and the features she loves most in her new Baha 6 Max Sound Processors

<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 &#8230; <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-solutions/cochlear-implants/bilateral-nucleus-8-sound-processor/">Continued</a>

In his retirement, Fred enjoys volunteering at the Steam Railroading Institute, with the help of his bilateral Nucleus 8 Sound Processors

<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.&#160;I was born with full hearing and always passed all my yearly hearing tests with flying colors. When I was 12, I noticed &#8230; <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-solutions/cochlear-implants/cochlear-implant-ballerina/">Continued</a>

Cochlear implant helps aspiring ballerina continue to move to the music

<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 &#8230; <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-solutions/cochlear-implants/hearing-family-with-cochlear-implants/">Continued</a>

Kathleen’s cochlear implants helped her hear her family and restore the little things in life

<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_1638-e1732128570311-300x300.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy">“It was May 2020, just after the world shut down for the covid pandemic. We were at the hospital to welcome our second child wearing n95 masks and being tested for covid before entering. It was already a much different experience than when we had our first child. Abigail ‘Abby,’ was born without complications, and &#8230; <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-solutions/cochlear-implants/cochlear-implant-experience/">Continued</a>

Abby’s path to hearing; A family’s experience with cochlear implants

<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/DSC01510-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy">Start the conversation with empathy When approaching the conversation about hearing loss, it’s a good idea to start by sharing your concern for your loved one’s well-being. If hearing aids aren’t helping them feel like they’re living their life at 100%, then they may need help acknowledging that it’s time to take the next step. &#8230; <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-solutions/cochlear-implants/talking-to-loved-ones-about-hearing-loss-and-cochlear-implants/">Continued</a>

Talking to Loved Ones About Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implants

<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/surgery-day-home-e1729809298677-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy">“My name is Chet and I have been an employee with Cochlear for three years. I am one-year Bimodality implanted wearing the Cochlear™ Nucleus® 8 Sound Processor on my right ear and a ReSound Nexia™ on my left ear. I was promoted to an Upgrade Solution Specialist in November of 2023 and was previously a &#8230; <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-solutions/cochlear-implants/chets-sudden-hearing-loss-journey-overcoming-a-rare-autoimmune-disease-with-a-cochlear-implant/">Continued</a>

Chet’s sudden hearing loss journey: overcoming a rare autoimmune disease with a cochlear implant

<img width="300" height="300" src="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Willow-3_Motorcycle-e1729639892704-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy">In 2019, our worlds changed forever. Our beautiful baby girl was born. We named her Willow. For months we had talked about how our lives were going to change and imagined how wonderfully different life would be. She was so beautiful and so perfect. Every screening at the hospital indicated that she was healthy, but &#8230; <a href="https://hearandnow.cochlear.com/hearing-loss/children/child-with-waardenburg-syndrome/">Continued</a>

Willow’s World: A child diagnosed with Waardenburg syndrome and her journey to cochlear implants

*Las historias mencionadas arriba se comparten con todos nuestros usuarios a nivel nacional y no son exclusivas de los usuarios de un Cochlear Hearing Center.