► Learn more about https://www.medel.com/hearing-solutions/cochlear-implants *From Hearing Loss to a Cochlear Implant—Eileen’s Journey* Meet Ruth, a cochlear implant user and Hearpeers Mentor from the UK. In this video, she shares her hearing implant journey and experience with hearing loss, including her decision to get a cochlear implant. Ruth reflects on how her cochlear implants have helped her reconnect with the sounds that matter most, from hearing her daughter’s voice to enjoying music and playing the clarinet. As a Hearpeers Mentor, she shares learnings from her hearing implant journey and encourages people living with hearing loss to seek support, ask questions, and connect with others who understand life with a cochlear implant. To connect with Eileen and read more about her hearing journey, head to: *hearpeers (medel.com)* https://hearpeers.medel.com/en/user/eileen Learn more about the Hearpeers project at: *Hearpeers, connecting hearing implant users around the world (medel.com)* https://hearpeers.medel.com/en *Hearpeers on social media:* *Facebook:* https://www.facebook.com/hearpeers.global *Instagram:* https://www.instagram.com/hearpeers/ __________________ ► *Chapters:* 00:00 – Please introduce yourself 00:13 – What is your favorite sound? 00:29 – What was your decision-making process for getting a hearing implant? 01:55 – What is life with a hearing implant like for you? 02:25 – Why did you decide to become a Hearpeers Mentor? 03:01– What are your top tips for people at the start of the hearing implant journey? 03:34 – What is a special hearing moment from your journey? 04:14 – What are you looking forward to in the future with your hearing implants? ► *Playlist Videos* https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT_--N4wea5C7T8kwXJzwV8qhvxcpb8hu __________________ ► *Have questions? Contact our team:* https://www.medel.com/contact-med-el ► *Why MED-EL?* At MED-EL, helping people with hearing loss has been our passion from the very beginning when Ingeborg and Erwin Hochmair pioneered the modern cochlear implant. Since then, we’ve become the leading hearing implant company—with solutions for every type of hearing loss and active in over 135 countries around the world. Learn more at https://www.medel.com/about-medel. ► *Stay connected with us:* *Facebook:* https://www.facebook.com/medel.hearlife *Instagram:* https://www.instagram.com/medel_global *Threads:* https://www.threads.com/@medel_global __________________ #CochlearImplant #HearingLoss #MEDEL

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