Right from the start… for a lifetime!

Right from the start…
…for a lifetime!

Intact hearing affects how well you can cope with everyday life at home, with friends, at work or in free time. This website is intended to offer support to those affected and their relatives right from the first suspicion up to the optimum provision and save them a long search for the right places.

It is very important to give some attention to possible hearing impairments and get them treated effectively as early as possible. Hearing loss and communication delays resulting from it can negatively affect education, social life and professional success, can reduce the quality of life, can have psychological effects and promote the onset of dementia.

If a conventional hearing aid is no longer sufficient due to the degree of severity of the hearing loss or a physiological circumstance, then implanted hearing systems, particularly cochlear implants, offer an ideal solution.

Indeed, CIs have been a standard provision for decades for people with severe hearing impairments. The operations they require have become routine interventions for ENT specialists, and the therapeutic and educational measures needed have been tested over many years. The Austrian social system with its support actions for the hearing impaired is a leading example in Europe.

Every target group can find answers to their questions about the important subjects of medical care, therapy, education and jobs as well as their rights and subsidies. In addition, we recommend making contact with one of the self-help groups or implant users we have listed, to collect some personal testimonies and experiences with the CI.

Hearing Loss in Babies

From first suspicion of a hearing loss to ideal provision and development of your child – here is where you can find information about all important topics for the first few years of life and have the opportunity to ask questions.

Hearing Loss in Babies

From first suspicion of a hearing loss to ideal provision and development of your child – here is where you can find information about all important topics for the first few years of life and have the opportunity to ask questions.

Hearing Loss in Nursery and School

The education route and the opportunity for a hearing impaired child to reach his or her potential in nursery and in school is one of the most important pillars for his or her optimal development and later success in life. You can find the best support and advice for this important stage in your child’s life here!

Hearing Loss in Nursery and School

The education route and the opportunity for a hearing impaired child to reach his or her potential in nursery and in school is one of the most important pillars for his or her optimal development and later success in life. You can find the best support and advice for this important stage in your child’s life here!

Hearing Loss at Studies and Work

Communication and interaction in social environment are essential in education and in working life. You can find all the information and support that hearing impaired persons need during this time here!

Hearing Loss at
Studies and Work

Communication and interaction in social environment are essential in education and in working life. You can find all the information and support that hearing impaired persons need during this time here!

Hearing Loss in Older Age

Being allowed to enjoy free time is primarily a privilege of the older generation. Meeting people, travel, enjoying culture – there are now many opportunities for all that. Find out here how you can make the best of this time despite hearing impairment!

Hearing Loss in Older Age

From first suspicion to optimal provision – you can find information on all relevant topic areas for your path back to hearing, along with the opportunity to ask questions here.

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