Next steps in your cochlear implant journey

This leaflet details some actions for you to complete before your cochlear implant surgery.

Cochlear Implant Manufacturer Support

If you have not done so already, please contact the relevant cochlear implant manufacture. They can also offer community mentor support to be connected to people with lived experience of cochlear implants who can share their experiences with you and offer support and advice on getting to know your cochlear implant equipment before activation.

Advanced Bionics:

Advanced Bionics (opens in a new tab)

Email hear-uk@advancedbionics.com

Cochlear

Connect-with-cochlear (opens in a new tab)

Email hearnow@cochlear.com

MED-EL

Hearpeers.medel (opens in a new tab)

Email: Email HearpeersUK@medel.com

Safety Information for your Device

The British Cochlear Implant Group (BCIG) issue company specific safety guidelines regarding what you can and cannot do with a cochlear implant. They publish information regarding recommended precautions for activities such as MRI scans, x-rays, playing contact sports, air travel, dentistry, hairdresser appointments, magnetic field exposure, etc.

Please visit BCIG (opens in a new tab) and click on the link for your cochlear implant manufacturer for up-to-date advice. Please see the four-page patient information leaflet (opens in a new tab) if you are referred for an MRI scan when you have a cochlear implant.

Emmeline Centre website

There is lots of information available on our website about how cochlear implants work for you or your family/friends to read. Please check our website regularly to stay up to date with any service announcements, or to contact us via our website.