Baha® recipient Tiffany shares her experience with single-sided deafness and the Mrs. Colorado pageant. “My hearing loss came on overnight. I thought I had woke up with a bad sinus infection. Eventually, I discovered I had lost my hearing and was diagnosed with single-sided deafness. Living with single-sided deafness is hard because you can still hear out […]
Amelia: Young girl lives life without barriers with cochlear implants
The Consolla Family shares their daughter Amelia’s experience with Nucleus® Cochlear Implants. “Amelia was born in 2006, perfectly healthy. When she was three, I noticed that she seemed to struggle to hear me. Over the course of the next few years, she had hearing aids. Amelia hit a point around five years old when gradually […]
Kay Enjoys New World of Sound with Baha 5 System
Kay Bally is enjoying a new lease on life and a whole new world of sound with the Cochlear™ Baha® 5 System. “Prior to my Baha, I was constantly asking people to repeat themselves, which I’m sure drove them mad,” she said. “I also don’t need to blast my family’s ears out with the TV […]
Teaching Children Healthy Hearing Practices
When buying toys, video games or headphones for a child, parents must consider a number of things – the appropriateness of the item, durability and cost. One thing that most parents don’t think about is how loud the item may be for their child. The prevalence for noise-induced hearing loss in children is rising. In […]
Teens Connects to New World with Nucleus Cochlear Implants
Zeeshan Mahmood is a typical millennial in many respects. Born in 1992, he’s a digital native: He skypes, uses Siri, surfs the Internet, uses Facebook and YouTube, and always has his iPhone and laptop close to hand during his classes at Toronto’s Seneca College. Mahmood is also one of nearly 70,000 Canadians who have both […]