Kay's journey with a cochlear implant

The Hearing Implant team at St Thomas’ Hospital provide specialist cochlear implants (CI) to adults who are profoundly deaf across the South of England and Jersey. We have developed a series of short videos showing a range of patients’ journeys with their cochlear implant. • Cochlear implants - pa...
Kay received her cochlear implant when she was 54 years old as she had become progressively deaf from the age of 30. She talks about her own unique journey of listening with a cochlear implant. She shares with us the impact of her profound deafness, her decision to have a cochlear implant, her early experiences of listening through a cochlear implant, rehabilitating her listening and the benefits and limitations of her cochlear implant.
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Useful websites:
www.advancedbionics.com/
www.cochlear.com/wps/wcm/conne...
www.medel.com/uk/
www.bcig.org.uk
www.nciua.org.uk/
www.hearinglink.org/
www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/
www.deafaction.org.uk/
www.bda.org.uk/
www.royaldeaf.org.uk/
www.sense.org.uk/