All Americas Perspective

Cochlear Implants, Awareness and Disability: An All Americas Perspective

CI Recipients, Advocates and Professionals Discuss their CI Experiences

Watch the discussion between five adults each associated with cochlear implants in different ways as they discuss their most significant benefits, challenges, and lessons learned throughout their journeys. 

Participants in these videos include;

Vinton Cerf PhD
"Father of the Internet" and Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
Sigrid Cerf
CI recipient, Technology Advocate
Luciano Moreira MD
Otolaryngologist and CI Surgeon, Rio de Janerio, Brazil
Paula Pfeifer
Executive Director, Cronicas da Surdez, Rio de Janerio, Brazil
Donna Sorkin MA
Executive Director, American Cochlear Implant Alliance


3 Adults Tell Their Stories

 


Sound Plus

  


Music and Cochlear Implants

  


Social Stigma and Fitting In

  


Cochlear Implant Improvements


Disability and Leadership

 

The mission of the American Cochlear Implant (ACI) Alliance is to advance access to the gift of hearing provided by cochlear implantation through research, advocacy and awareness.