Cochlear Implants

At UNC Hospitals, our interdisciplinary team of audiologists, physicians and nurses from the UNC School of Medicine Ear and Hearing Center put the patient first. We us the cochlear implant technology to rehabilitate hearing, whether you have severe or profound sensorineural hearing loss.

Our audiologists provide:

• Thorough cochlear implant candidacy evaluations
• Mapping and programming of the device
• Patient education and training
• Follow-up care
• Device troubleshooting
• Diagnostic evaluations of equipment from a variety of Federal Drug Administration approved cochlear implant systems.

Savannah's Cochlear Implant Activation

Tashiea Williams received a cochlear implant at the Children's Cochlear Implant Center at UNC in 1996. Twenty-seven years later, her daughter received a cochlear implant, too — at the same center where her mom received hers.