Advanced Bionics provides the world’s most advanced cochlear implant system to help you or your loved one hear again—or experience the joy of sound for the first time.
Hearing loss affects millions of people of all ages around the world. For many, hearing aids provide a viable solution, but if you or a loved one experience significant hearing loss, hearing aids may offer little or no benefit.
That’s when it’s time to consider cochlear implants, a medical device technology that thousands of people around the world rely on, as a way to restore hearing.
A cochlear implant is a highly advanced medical device and the only technology that is capable of functionally restoring one of the five senses.
Cochlear implants provide an effective alternative to hearing aids because they don’t use amplification. Instead, they bypass the damaged part of the ear and use electrical stimulation to enable you to hear.
First, the cochlear implant system captures the sound around you, with one or more microphones. AB has microphones placed in the front and back of the processor and in the headpiece.
Unique AB microphone technology allows you to use ear buds, headphones and telephones like everyone else, to hear in water, and to hear better in noise.
Learn more about the T-Mic™ 2 microphone and the AquaMic™ headpiece.
When the sound is captured, it is processed. AB sound processors use the industry’s most advanced technology to make hearing easier and include the only sound processing strategy in the industry recognised by the FDA to improve speech understanding in noise.
Learn more AB’s industry-leading sound processing.
The processed sound is transmitted through the headpiece to the implant. AB’s implant family features the most advanced sound processing circuitry in the world, with programming flexibility that provides nearly unlimited ways to deliver sound.
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First, the cochlear implant system captures the sound around you, with one or more microphones. AB has microphones placed in the front and back of the processor and in the headpiece.
Unique AB microphone technology allows you to use ear buds, headphones and telephones like everyone else, to hear in water, and to hear better in noise.
Learn more about the T-Mic™ 2 microphone and the AquaMic™ headpiece.
When the sound is captured, it is processed. AB sound processors use the industry’s most advanced technology to make hearing easier and include the only sound processing strategy in the industry recognized by the FDA to improve speech understanding in noise.
Learn more AB’s industry-leading sound processing.
The processed sound is transmitted through the headpiece to the implant. AB’s implant family features the most advanced sound processing circuitry in the world, with programming flexibility that provides nearly unlimited ways to deliver sound.
The best way to learn about what recipients and their loved ones experience on their journeys to hearing is to talk to people who have already taken the journey.HearingJourney™ online forum is the biggest online community for people touched by cochlear implants and hearing loss. Since 2007, HearingJourney.com has been the premier place to chat, laugh, learn, and share stories about cochlear implants and hearing loss. You will find participants happy to answer your questions and share their experiences with you.
“The ability to hear so clearly with her cochlear implants allows Addison to participate in group projects in the classroom and student council activities that involve being in social settings. She feels like part of the group and not like an outsider.”
—Rachelle Blackmon, mother of Addison, implanted at 20 months, bilaterally implanted at age 8
The cost of cochlear implants varies due to local distribution and currency differences, as well as availability of insurance reimbursement. Please contact a local AB representative for pricing information in your area.
The more you practice, the better you’ll hear. As you go about your day and listen to the sounds around you, you are training yourself to hear with your cochlear implant. You can help the process along with training and rehabilitative exercises. Younger children often make great progress working with speech therapists and other hearing professionals trained to help develop listening skills.
Advanced Bionics provides a range of unique, specially designed resources for recipients of all ages to enhance your ability to hear in challenging situations and recognize words and sounds that can be more difficult to distinguish. You can explore and make use of these resources at TheListeningRoom™ rehabilitative website.
You may find that you are not hearing as well as you’d like with hearing aids. You may be struggling to hear in noisy settings, to talk with loved ones on the phone, to listen to your favourite songs, or to contribute your talents at your workplace.
To help you decide if you may be a candidate for cochlear implant technology, try answering these questions. Talk to your hearing healthcare professional for more information
