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May is Better Hearing and Speech Month
Take the Million Ear Challenge Today!

Did you know that one out of every ten people in the U.S. is estimated to have hearing loss? 1,2

And, an estimated two million people in the U.S. may be candidates for implantable technology, but only 5 percent of people who can benefit have been treated?3,4,5,6

Let's work together to make hearing a priority! Every year, we at Cochlear™ proudly join efforts with you our recipients during Better Hearing and Speech Month to increase awareness of hearing loss and advanced hearing solutions.

Help reach one million people in 31 days!

Take the Million Ear Challenge and help to educate others. We are challenging the public to help us spread the word about hearing loss and hearing loss solutions to one million people in 31 days! To celebrate this achievement, Cochlear Americas will give back to the community by donating cochlear implants to two people in need, and more!

How can you help?

Product Spotlight: Sound and Way Beyond

Are you looking for ways to help improve your own or someone else’s hearing?  Try our Sound and Way Beyond software, an interactive listening rehabilitation program for adults and teens to help improve speech, vowel, and sound recognition.  To purchase Sound and Way Beyond, visit the online Cochlear Store.


Community Hero

During Better Hearing and Speech Month and throughout the year, we encourage you to share your stories about how you raise awareness in your communities in the Awareness in Action group.  Read how Howard creates a cochlear implant moment for another family member, along with himself.

Nucleus® 5
Tip of the Month

Are you looking for more information on Nucleus 5?  Register to receive the Nucleus 5 Newsletter.

 

Nucleus Freedom™
Tip of the Month

Do you have a Nucleus Freedom or Nucleus 24 Implant? Upgrade to the Nucleus 5 Sound Processor today! For more information, visit our Nucleus 5 upgrade website.

Do you have a Nucleus 22 Implant, but have not yet upgraded to the Nucleus Freedom Sound Processor?  Learn how to upgrade today!  Visit the Nucleus Freedom upgrade website.

 


Nucleus Question
of the Month

I currently have one Freedom, and am considering getting a second cochlear implant. Do you have some information you could provide me?

This question comes at a great time!  We will be hosting a FREE bilateral webinar next week with audiologist Allison Biever, Au.D., CCC-A, Rocky Mountain Ear Center, P.C. and bilateral cochlear implant recipient and Cochlear Awareness Network Manager, Parri Tantillo, to discuss hearing with bilateral cochlear implants

Cochlear Community Talk – Bilateral Cochlear Implants
Date:  Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Time: 6:00 p.m. MDT

Register today!

References

1. Better Hearing Institute.  A Message from the Better Hearing Institute. [Cited April 13, 2011];[1 screen] Available from: http://www.betterhearing.org/press/pdfs/celeb_outreach_pkg.pdf
2. International Hearing Society. Introducing America's Hearing Healthcare Team (AHHT) Initiative. [cited April 13, 2011];[1 screen] Available from: http://www.ihsinfo.org/IhsV2/News_Info/030_Introducing_AHHT.cfm
3. Kochkin, S. 25 Year Trends in the Hearing Health Market. MarkeTrak VIII: The Hearing Review, 2009;October. 
4. Blanchfield, B.B., et. al. The severely to profoundly hearing-impaired population in the United States: Prevalence estimates and demographics. JAAA. 2001;12, 183-189. 
5. National Institute on Deafness & Communication Disorders (NIDCD).  Quick Statistics. [updated June 16, 2010; cited Sept. 15, 2010];[1 screen] Available from: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/statistics/quick.htm 
6. Internal data on file, July 2010.