It’s a great time for cochlear implant recipients to go swimming! WaterWear is the thin, reuseable skin that lets you hear while you’re swimming. Below we’ve got the information about how to use WaterWear, as well as some extra tips for anyone who is taking swimming lessons and wants to hear with
How can a cochlear implant recipient hear around under water? It’s with a water-resistant or waterproof cochlear implant system or accessory, like the new SONNET Audio Processor or WaterWear for RONDO. The SONNET is officially rated as “water-resistant” and the WaterWear is “waterproof”. Because we know that these terms aren’t always straightforward,
Editor’s note: Mary Stogiou is a MED-EL recipient from Greece and uses the RONDO Single-Unit Processor with WaterWear. I lost my hearing completely after a traffic accident 19 years ago, when I was 22. I had no hearing problems before this accident and the sudden hearing loss forced me to change my
