What are the benefits of a cochlear implant?
Many adults with cochlear implants report that they:
- Hear better with a cochlear implant than with a hearing aid
A previous study has shown that people with cochlear implant achieve an average of 80% sentence understanding, compared with 10% sentence understanding for hearing aids - Can focus better when in noisy environments
This allows them to have conversations with people across meeting tables, in restaurants and other crowded places. - Reconnect with missed soundsthat they could not hear before their cochlear implant.
- Feel safer in the worldas they can hear alarms, people calling out and approaching vehicles.
- Talk and hear on the phone
- Enjoy music