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Cochlear Americas Hosts Celebration 2009 for Cochlear Implant Recipients and Their Families
Event Marks World's Largest Gathering of Cochlear Implant Recipients
DENVER, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Cochlear Americas, the world's leader
in advanced hearing technologies, brings together cochlear implant
recipients and their families for the third Cochlear Celebration on March
26-29 in Anaheim, California. With over 600 recipients and their families
expected to attend, this inspiring four-day event is the largest gathering
of cochlear implant recipients in the world. Celebration 2009 offers
educational sessions and a variety of activities designed to teach
recipients and their families how to maximize the use of Nucleus(R)
cochlear implants, a small electronic device designed to restore hearing to
someone with severe-to-profound hearing loss.
"Celebration 2009 demonstrates our commitment to our cochlear implant
recipients in helping them achieve their personal best," said Chris Smith,
President, Cochlear Americas. "This exciting event offers recipients the
unique opportunity to be in the company of so many others who have
experienced their same miraculous journey of regaining hearing. It's an
opportunity like no other for us to connect, inspire and support the
Cochlear family."
Celebration 2009 will educate participants and supply them with the
tools necessary to get the most out of life with their cochlear implants.
Cochlear Americas has assembled an expert panel of hearing educators and
recipients to discuss cochlear implants. Attendees will hear inspirational
success stories, discuss rehabilitation resources and programs, engage in
question-and-answer sessions and learn what the future holds for recipients
and cochlear implant technology. Recipients and their families will also be
able to enjoy the sights and sounds of Disneyland Resort while meeting and
sharing stories with other cochlear recipients.
The closing session of Celebration 2009 on March 29 will honor the
incredible accomplishments of the 2009 Graeme Clark Scholarship winners.
Since 2002, Cochlear Americas has funded the Graeme Clark Scholarships that
have recognized the remarkable achievements of individuals who have
excelled academically and have received a Nucleus cochlear implant. This
year, a total of $40,000 in financial assistance toward an accredited
university has been awarded across five outstanding students.
About Cochlear Americas
Cochlear Americas is the world's leader in advanced hearing
technologies. Since launching the first multichannel cochlear implant
system more than 25 years ago, Cochlear Limited and its U.S. headquarters
have brought the miracle of sound to more than 150,000 hearing-impaired
individuals across the globe. Cochlear Americas' state-of-the-art cochlear
implant technology, based on extensive research and development at
preeminent academic institutions, provides the ability to hear sound and
better understand speech, enhancing both learning capabilities and quality
of life for those with severe-to-profound hearing loss. Cochlear Americas
also markets an implantable bone-anchored hearing device for treatment of
conductive and mixed hearing loss, as well as single-sided deafness. For
more information about Cochlear Americas' products, call the Cochlear
Hotline at 800/458-4999 (Voice) or 800/483-3123 (TTY) or visit
http://www.cochlearamericas.com.
About Cochlear Implants
A cochlear implant is an electronic device that is surgically implanted
and works by directly stimulating functioning auditory nerve fibers in the
inner ear. Unlike hearing aids, cochlear implants do not amplify sound, but
instead are designed to mirror natural hearing. Cochlear implants convert
sound waves to electrical impulses and transmit them to the inner ear,
providing people with severe-to-profound hearing loss the ability to
identify sounds in their environment and often to understand speech without
reading lips. The cochlear implant is recognized as a standard treatment
for profound deafness by the American Medical Association and the American
Academy of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery. For more information
about cochlear implants, visit http://www.cochlearamericas.com.
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