The main benefit of a CI and an aid (what's called a bimodal fitting - two types of devices on one person) is that you can hear phone calls and music etc on both sides. Stereo sound gives a big advantage in both sound quality and word recognition.

Dinah talks about her cochlear implant progress and rehab exercises.

Dinah has had her implant switched on, and is only wearing the implant, no left supplementary hearing aid, until she has adjusted. On Day1

Dinah’s cochlear implant operation took place on 19 August and took 1-1.5 hours. It was a success, but we won’t know for sure until switch

Dinah is feeling “uncharacteristically nervy” about the operation. She is doing displacement housework…

We’re following Dinah, one of my patients, in real time as she goes through the process of getting a Cochlear Implant (CI). This part details the assessment process and approval criteria for implantation.

We’re following Dinah, one of my patients, in real time as she goes through the process of leaving my service to get a Cochlear Implant (CI)