Has technology improved enough to consider a cochlear implant?
Posted By RichC on May 18, 2025
Decades ago I struggled mightily with Meniere’s Disease (and I was looking for an excuse to use the word “mightily”) 😊 … but after having a surgery under the stress of the time to improve 
my vertigo … the hearing in my right ear is nearly gone. It is a known problem for both the surgery and for those with Meniere’s Disease.
Over the years, I’ve been paying attention to how technology has improved cochlear implants and have talked with people pertaining to how the advancement has restored the hearing for those who have been legally deaf since childhood. My assumption has been that for those who have gone the implant route, they have had to re-learn “how to interpret sound” — the implant stimulation being not the same as natural hearing.
As the science and innovation has improved, bone conduction cochlear implants are now improving the hearing for those who are impacted by different degrees of “hearing loss” too (read my bone conduction headset praises).
After being coaxed by my family to check on my hearing and possible improvements, I decided to research it again (helped by AI). Another benefit could be reducing the annoying tinnitus that I’ve lived with for 25 years — wouldn’t that be nice!
Mayo Clinic Outcomes from their website
So for now, I’ve made contact with UC Health Otology & Neurotology, set up evaluation appointments for June and will see where the next month takes me? Wish me luck!
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