The Million Ear Challenge Was a Huge Success!

Thank you to all who participated in the Better Hearing and Speech Month's Million Ear Challenge and raised awareness about hearing loss and treatment options. Thanks to your help, we reached our Million Ear Challenge - and will be unlocking our donation to those in need! We encourage you to continue to spread the word throughout the year.

Why was the Million Ear Challenge important to you?
"Raising the awareness of the importance of hearing and speech. In working with babies who are deaf and hard of hearing, I have witnessed the amazing process of watching a child learn to hear and then learn to communicate through speech."
– Claire, Million Ear Challenge website

Read how others spread the word and check out the final results at the Million Ear Challenge website!

How can you help?

• Take the Million Ear Challenge Today! Visit www.CochlearAmericas.com/MillionEarChallenge throughout the month of May and share facts about hearing loss, hearing loss solutions, your experiences and favorite sounds. Share this website with your Facebook friends, Twitter followers and with as many people as you can so we can reach our goal of one million people in 31 days!
• Visit www.CochlearCommunity.com/AwarenessinAction to get news, updates and new challenges during the month.
• Visit Cochlear's Better Hearing and Speech Month Calendar to find out how you can make a difference each day during the month of May.

Product Spotlight: Listen, Learn and Talk

Cochlear's Listen Learn and Talk habilitation package is a practical "how to" auditory learning package; versus the many theory-based programs currently available in the general market. To purchase the Listen, Learn and Talk DVD, visit the online Cochlear Store OR visit our HOPE website to view the video clips

Community Hero

During Better Hearing and Speech Month, Cochlear asked volunteers in several cities to host an awareness activity to spread awareness about hearing loss and our solutions.  The awareness activity in Texas was a huge success!  Read about Sharon Crouch’s experience as a volunteer at this “Texas Style Event”.  Sharon is a bilateral Nucleus Cochlear Implant recipient and loves to spread the word about her second chance at hearing.

Nucleus^® 5
Tip of the Month

The Euro Accessory Adaptor is designed to create a convenient interface for connecting a wireless FM receiver, such as the Phonak MLxS, to the Cochlear Nucleus 5 Sound Processor.

If you or a loved one received the Nucleus 5 Cochlear Implant System before September 15, 2010 and would like to receive this accessory at no charge, please complete and submit the requested information in the online form by July 1st.

Nucleus Freedom™
Tip of the Month

Do you still wear a Nucleus SPrint™ or a Nucleus ESPrit™ 3G Sound Processor? Cochlear Americas will no longer repair the SPrint effective June 30, 2011, and no longer repair the ESPrit 3G effective December 31, 2011

Now is the time to upgrade!  Through June 30, 2011, Cochlear Americas will be accepting SPrint and ESPrit 3G trade-ins for $2,500.

To learn about your upgrade options, visit our upgrade website today!

Nucleus Question
of the Month

I want to improve my hearing and speech for Better and Hearing Speech Month.  Are there any free resources that I can enjoy from the comfort of my own home?
Yes!  Cochlear Americas offers a wide variety of rehabilitation resources for free at our HOPE website. There you can find free resources such as Telephone with Confidence, printable PDF exercises, interactive tools, recorded online courses, and many more. Visit the HOPE website today!