💬 "Hi, my name is Claudio and I want to tell you my story with the cochlear implant.👇
When I was 3 years old, I had spasmodic bronchitis for which I was overdosed with tethromycin, causing profound bilateral hearing loss.
At the age of 7, I used my first hearing aids. With help from my mother and my speech therapist, I learned a lot of things like verbal compression and lip reading.
At the age of 14, I had my first behind-the-ear hearing aid in my right ear and I handled it very well until at 25 years old when within a day, I lost my hearing.
I spent three years thereafter without being able to hear anything but buzzing tinnitus. In 1996, together with my mother, we learned about the cochlear implant. I became the first person to get an implant in Argentina. Since then, I have been in awe of AB technology. I can hear my surroundings and conversations totally well.
I would like to advise those people who are waiting for an implant to embrace this wonderful technology. It is life a life changer, allowing you to have unique experiences made possible through hearing, for example, beautiful sounds that mother nature gives us."
Advanced Bionics
03 May 2022