If you’re not getting much benefit from a hearing aid, then often our next step is a cochlear implant. A cochlear implant is a special device which bypasses the damaged cells in your inner ear, and zaps the next cells up the chain. Don’t worry, those zaps are only one millionth of a volt, but that’s all your nerve needs to get the message up to your brain.

To find out if you could benefit from cochlear implants, we do a few special hearing tests through the headphones and with your hearing aids. We can then let you know how likely it is that you’ll hear better with cochlear implants. You might be a candidate for an implant just in one ear, or in both. We can help you understand the likely benefits, and get you onto one of our local Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists to find out if you’re medically suitable for the procedure.

Getting one or two cochlear implants involves a surgical procedure, and like any surgery we want to make sure it is necessary and is likely to give you the outcome you’re looking for.