If hearing aids are not helping you seize the sound, it may be time to consider a different solution, as hearing loss can progress over time.1,2
Treating hearing loss early could help you:
Treating hearing loss early could help you:
- Stay socially connected with loved ones
- Keep mentally sharp and focused
- Feel secure and confident
- Improve quality of life
Treating hearing loss early could help you:
- Stay socially connected with loved ones
- Keep mentally sharp and focused
- Feel secure and confident
- Improve quality of life
Stay socially connected with loved ones
Stay socially connected with loved ones
The importance of understanding conversations cannot be overstated, especially when it comes to staying connected with loved ones. Understanding even subtle cues are vital for engaging in meaningful interactions and maintaining strong relationships. Without them, social gatherings and intimate moments can feel isolating and frustrating.
Cochlear implants can help to give you that clarity. Even in noisy environments, cochlear implants are designed to make it easier to hear conversations.3-5 Early implantation with a cochlear implant could help make sounds clearer so you can live life with confidence, staying social and connected, especially with those who matter most.6-9
Stay socially connected with loved ones
The importance of understanding conversations cannot be overstated, especially when it comes to staying connected with loved ones. Understanding even subtle cues are vital for engaging in meaningful interactions and maintaining strong relationships. Without them, social gatherings and intimate moments can feel isolating and frustrating.
Cochlear implants can help to give you that clarity. Even in noisy environments, cochlear implants are designed to make it easier to hear conversations.3-5 Early implantation with a cochlear implant could help make sounds clearer so you can live life with confidence, staying social and connected, especially with those who matter most.6-9
In a study, at 12 months, 97% of adults with a cochlear implant experienced significant improvement in speech understanding compared to when using a hearing aid.3
Keep mentally sharp and focused
Keep mentally sharp and focused
Clear hearing can help keep your mind sharp, reduce the risk of memory loss, and maintain the ability to think and learn.10-15 Treating hearing loss as we age helps us stay connected to people, including remaining in the workforce longer.16-18
With less energy spent struggling to hear, clear hearing may improve your concentration, attention and executive function.19,20
Keep mentally sharp and focused
Clear hearing can help keep your mind sharp, reduce the risk of memory loss, and maintain the ability to think and learn.10-15 Treating hearing loss as we age helps us stay connected to people, including remaining in the workforce longer.16-18
With less energy spent struggling to hear, clear hearing may improve your concentration, attention and executive function.19,20
Did you know? Hearing loss is associated with lower rates of employment and earlier retirement in working-age individuals.21,22
Feel secure and confident
Feel secure and confident
Effective hearing is crucial for physical safety, as it allows us to detect traffic on busy roads, car horns, fire alarms, barking dogs, and home security alerts. It also helps you throughout your day, to hear the doorbell, phone ring or someone calling out to you.3, 23-25
Our ears also play a key role in maintaining our sense of balance. As we get older, managing hearing is important to lessen our risk of falls.25,27
Your ability to hear clearly can help you stay connected to the world, so you can embrace life with enthusiasm and confidence.17,36
Feel secure and confident
Effective hearing is crucial for physical safety, as it allows us to detect traffic on busy roads, car horns, fire alarms, barking dogs, and home security alerts. It also helps you throughout your day, to hear the doorbell, phone ring or someone calling out to you.3, 23-25
Our ears also play a key role in maintaining our sense of balance. As we get older, managing hearing is important to lessen our risk of falls.25,27
Your ability to hear clearly can help you stay connected to the world, so you can embrace life with enthusiasm and confidence.17,36
Treating hearing loss early helps keep us socially connected, mentally well and physically safe.37
Improve quality of life
Improve quality of life
Cochlear implants are an established treatment for people of any age with severe to profound hearing loss, if hearing aids are no longer providing enough clarity of sound.28-30 They are proven to provide greater social and personal engagement, improving overall well-being.10-15
Quality of life benefits have been shown across social and physical aspects of life.3 A study has shown that adults who receive a cochlear implant show significant improvement in quality of life six months after receiving their implant, and they continue to benefit from these improvements 12 months later.32,33,34
Improve quality of life
Cochlear implants are an established treatment for people of any age with severe to profound hearing loss, if hearing aids are no longer providing enough clarity of sound.28-30 They are proven to provide greater social and personal engagement, improving overall well-being.10-15
Quality of life benefits have been shown across social and physical aspects of life.3 A study has shown that adults who receive a cochlear implant show significant improvement in quality of life six months after receiving their implant, and they continue to benefit from these improvements 12 months later.32,33,34
Adults with cochlear implants could understand sentences eight times better than they could previously with their hearing aids.35
Got questions? Find more information in this candidate guide
Got questions? Find more information in this candidate guide
Interested in getting some more detail about cochlear implants? Download this PDF guide.
Inside you'll find:
- Signs or indicators that your hearing aids may no longer be enough
- How cochlear implants work, the facts, benefits and myths
- Booking a hearing assessment with a cochlear implant specialist
- Cochlear implant technology, including sound processors and accessories
PLUS MORE...
Got questions? Find more information in this candidate guide
Interested in getting some more detail about cochlear implants? Download this PDF guide.
Inside you'll find:
- Signs or indicators that your hearing aids may no longer be enough
- How cochlear implants work, the facts, benefits and myths
- Booking a hearing assessment with a cochlear implant specialist
- Cochlear implant technology, including sound processors and accessories
PLUS MORE...
Do you have questions?
Do you have questions?
Contact the Cochlear™ Engagement Team
The FREE cochlear implant information service.
It’s quite normal to have questions when you begin to explore the possibility of an implantable hearing solution. That’s why Cochlear offers a free information service providing the support you need.
We can provide you with:
- Information on cochlear implants and how they work
- Handy resources and educational events
- Cost and funding information
- The steps involved in the implantable hearing solutions journey
- Booking an assessment with a cochlear implant specialist
Click one of the options below:
Do you have questions?
Contact the Cochlear™ Engagement Team
The FREE cochlear implant information service.
It’s quite normal to have questions when you begin to explore the possibility of an implantable hearing solution. That’s why Cochlear offers a free information service providing the support you need.
We can provide you with:
- Information on cochlear implants and how they work
- Handy resources and educational events
- Cost and funding information
- The steps involved in the implantable hearing solutions journey
- Booking an assessment with a cochlear implant specialist
Click one of the options below:
Take the next step and download this free candidate guide
Get a Free Guide
- World Report on Hearing. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
- Huang Q, Tang J. Age-related hearing loss or presbycusis. European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology: official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery [Internet]. 2010;267(8):1179–91.
- Kelsall D, Lupo J, Biever A. Longitudinal outcomes of cochlear implantation and bimodal hearing in a large group of adults: A multicenter clinical study. Am. J. Otolaryngol. 2021, 42 (1): 102773.
- Buchman CA, Herzog JA, McJunkin JL, Wick CC, Durkovic N, Firszt JB, Kallogjeri D. Assessment of Speech Understanding after Cochlear Implantation in Adult Hearing Aid Users. A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial. JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. 2020;146(10):916-924.
- Boisvert I, Reis M, Au A, Cowan R, Dowell RC. Cochlear implantation outcomes in adults: A scoping review. PLOS ONE. 2020, 15 (5): e0232421.
- Dowell RC. The case for earlier cochlear implantation in postlingually deaf adults. Intl J Audiol. 2016, 55; (suppl 2): 51-56.
- Thangavelu K, Nitzge M, Weiß RM, Mueller-Mazzotta J, Stuck BA, Reimann K (2022). Role of cochlear reserve in adults with cochlear implants following post-lingual hearing loss. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. DOI: 10.1002/lary.28771
- Buchman CA, Gifford RH, Haynes DS, Lenarz T, O’Donoghue G, Adunka O, et al. Unilateral Cochlear Implants for Severe, Profound, or Moderate Sloping to Profound Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review and Consensus Statements. JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery. 2020;146(10):942 -53.
- Ng ZY, Lamb B, Harrigan S, Archbold S, Athalye S, Allen S. Perspectives of adults with cochlear implants on current CI services and daily life. CI International. 2016, 17; (suppl) 1, 89-93.
- Hamerschmidt R, Santos VM, Gonçalves FM, Delcenserie A, Champoux F, de Araujo CM, de Lacerda ABM. Changes in cognitive performance after cochlear implantation in adults and older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. Int J Audiol. 2022 Mar 23:1-12. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2022.2050823. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35318870.
- Jayakody DMP, Friedland PL, Nel E, Martins RN, Atlas MD, Sohrabi HR. Impact of Cochlear Implantation on Cognitive Functions of Older Adults: Pilot Test Results. Otol Neurotol. 2017 Sep;38(8):e289-e295. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000001502. PMID: 28806341.
- Mertens G, Andries E, Claes AJ, Topsakal V, Van de Heyning P, Van Rompaey V, Calvino M, Sanchez Cuadrado I, Muñoz E, Gavilán J, Bieñkowska K, Swierñiak W, Skarzyñski PH, Skarzyñski H, Tapper L, Killan C, Ridgwell J, McGowan J, Raine C, Tavora-Vieira D, Marino R, Acharya A, Lassaletta L. Cognitive Improvement After Cochlear Implantation in Older Adults With Severe or Profound Hearing Impairment: A Prospective, Longitudinal, Controlled, Multicenter Study. Ear Hear. 2021 May/Jun;42(3):606-614. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000962. PMID: 33055579; PMCID: PMC8088820.
- Yeo BSY, Song HJJMD, Toh EMS, Ng LS, Ho CSH, Ho R, Merchant RA, Tan BKJ, Loh WS. Association of Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants With Cognitive Decline and Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Neurol. 2022 Dec 5. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.4427. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36469314.
- Völter C, Götze L, Bajewski M, Dazert S, Thomas JP. Cognition and Cognitive Reserve in Cochlear Implant Recipients. Front Aging Neurosci. 2022 Mar 21;14:838214. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.838214. PMID: 35391751; PMCID: PMC8980358.
- Sarant JZ, Busby PA, Schembri AJ, Fowler C and Harris DC (2024) ENHANCE: a comparative prospective longitudinal study of cognitive outcomes after 3 years of hearing aid use in older adults. Front. Aging Neurosci. 15:1302185. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2023.1302185.
- Helvik A-S, Krokstad S, Tambs K. Hearing loss and risk of early retirement. The HUNT study. European Journal of Public Health [Internet]. 2013;23(4):617 -22
- Hughes SE, Boisvert I, McMahon CM, Steyn A, Neal K. Perceived listening ability and hearing loss: Systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis. PloS one [Internet]. 2022 Oct 25;17(10): e0276265.
- Völter C, Götze L, Ballasch I, Harbert L, Dazert S, Thomas JP. Third-party disability in cochlear implant users. International journal of audiology [Internet]. 2022;1 -8.
- Mosnier I, Bebear JP, Marx M, Fraysse B, Truy E, Lina-Granade G, Mondain M, Sterkers-Artières F, Bordure P, Robier A, Godey B, Meyer B, Frachet B, Poncet-Wallet C, Bouccara D, Sterkers O. Improvement of cognitive function after cochlear implantation in elderly patients. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015, 141; (5):442-50.
- Bess FH, Hornsby BWY. Commentary: Listening Can Be Exhausting—Fatigue in Children and Adults with Hearing Loss. Ear and hearing [Internet]. 2014;35(6):592–9.
- Helvik AS, Krokstad S, Tambs K. Hearing loss and risk of early retirement. The HUNT study. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH [Internet]. 2013;23(4):617–22.
- Tehranchi K, Jeyakumar A. Hearing Loss’s Incidence and Impact on Employment in the United States. Otology & Neurotology [Internet]. 2020;41(7):916-921.
- Gates GA, Mills JH. Presbycusis. Lancet (London, England) [Internet]. 2005 Sep [cited 2023 Sep 15];366(9491):1111 -20.
- Kuk, F, Localization 101: Hearing Aid Factors in Localization. August 21, 2014. The Hearing Review. Available via: https://hearingreview.com/hearing-loss/hearing-disorders/apd/localization-101-hearing-aid-factors. [Last accessed August 2023]. Online only.
- Gelfand, SA. Essentials of Audiology 4th Ed. New York. Thieme Medical Publishers Inc. 2016. p. 88.
- Mahmoudi E, Basu T, Langa K, McKee MM, Zazove P, Alexander N, Kamdar N. Can Hearing Aids Delay Time to Diagnosis of Dementia, Depression, or Falls in Older Adults? The American Geriatrics Society. 2019;67:2362-2369.
- Lin FR, Ferrucci L. Hearing loss and falls among older adults in the United States. Archives of internal medicine [Internet]. 2012;172(4):369–71.
- Crowson MG, Semenov YR, Tucci DL, Niparko JK. Quality of life and cost-effectiveness of cochlear implants: a narrative review. Audiol Neurootol. 2017;22(4-5):236-258. doi: 10.1159/000481767. Epub 2017 Dec 21. PMID: 29262414.
- Buchman CA, Herzog JA, McJunkin JL, Wick CC, Durkovic N, Firszt JB, Kallogjeri D. Assessment of Speech Understanding after Cochlear Implantation in Adult Hearing Aid Users. A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial. JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. 2020;146(10):916-924.
- Tang L, Thompson CB, Clark JH, Ceh KM, Yeagle JD, Francis HW. Rehabilitation and psychosocial determinants of cochlear implant outcomes in older adults. Ear Hear 2017.
- Völter C, Götze L, Dazert S, Falkenstein M, Thomas JP. Can cochlear implantation improve neurocognition in the aging population? Clin Interv Aging 2018.
- Birman CS, Sanli H. Cochlear Implant Outcomes in Patients With Severe Compared With Profound Hearing Loss. Otol Neurotol. 2020 Apr;41(4):e458-e463. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000002574. PMID: 32176130.
- Boisvert I, Reis M, Au A, Cowan R, Dowell RC. Cochlear implantation outcomes in adults: A scoping review. PloS one [Internet]. 2020;15(5): e0232421.
- Kelsall D, Lupo J, Biever A. Longitudinal outcomes of cochlear implantation and bimodal hearing in a large group of adults: A multicenter clinical study. American J of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery. 42 (2021) 102773.
- Runge CL, Henion K, Tarima S, Beiter A, Zwolan TA. Clinical outcomes of the Cochlear™ Nucleus® 5 cochlear implant system and SmartSound™ 2 signal processing. J Am Acad Audiol. 2016, 27; (6): 425– 440.
- Shoham N, Lewis G, Favarato G, Cooper C. Prevalence of anxiety disorders and symptoms in people with hearing impairment: a systematic review. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology. 2019;54(6):649–60.
- Deafness and hearing loss. World Health Organization; 2023. Available at https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/deafness-and-hearing-loss. [Last accessed April 2023]. Online only.