For children with single-sided deafness (SSD), a lack of binaural hearing can affect speech understanding in noise, sound localization, learning, and everyday interaction. In this article, Annabelle Fischer explores the causes and consequences of SSD, compares current treatment options, and explains how cochlear implantation, when combined with targeted rehabilitation and family support, can help children unlock the benefits of hearing with both ears.

Speak Up, Listen Up empowers teens with hearing loss to build confidence, practice self-advocacy, and navigate real-world communication challenges in a safe, engaging environment. Bridging the gap between therapy and everyday experiences, Speak Up, Listen Up can help young people develop the skills they need to speak up and thrive.

Nandini is an audiologist—with hearing loss. She recently took the leap and got a cochlear implant. Now she can speak from personal experience about what hearing with a MED-EL cochlear implant is like. Read on to learn what a huge difference anatomy-based fitting can make.

Renowned ENT surgeon Prof. Paul Van de Heyning argues that low frequencies, long electrodes, and anatomy-based fitting can reshape cochlear implant care. Find the key messages of his lecture at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in this article—and watch the embedded recording of his presentation for full information.

The Hearing Healthcare Alliance (HHA)—a strategic partnership between MED-EL and the Austrian Development Agency—worked to enhance the diagnosis and rehabilitation of individuals with hearing loss across numerous countries in the Global South.

OTOGUIDE: Precision you can see. You know OTOPLAN,* OTODRIVE,** and OTOARM. And now there’s OTOGUIDE, our new intraoperative software that enables you to see electrode array insertion like never before.