COCHLEAR IMPLANT BASICS

11/1/2022

ACI Alliance Executive Director Donna Sorkin spoke with the Cochlear Implant Basics podcast about the changes in the criteria for adults covered by Medicare. Listen to the podcast here.

COCHLEAR IMPLANTS: CONFIRMING REALITY, DISPELLING MYTHS

9/27/2022

ACI Alliance Executive Director Donna Sorkin presented “Cochlear Implants: Confirming Reality, Dispelling Myths” during the September 2022 Topic Tuesday on cochlear implants for children. She covered how to start the implant process, how often CIs fail, who are candidates for CIs, what does a CI sound like, and she shared her own personal experience as a CI user.

SC Hands & Voices and Beginnings SC partner together to host Topic Tuesday, a webinar every third Tuesday of the month for parents of deaf and hard of hearing children and professionals who serve them. 

COCHLEAR IMPLANTS AND THE CONTINUUM OF CARE: INTERVIEW WITH DONNA SORKIN

6/6/2022

In this episode of This Week in Hearing, Donna Sorkin sits down with Brian Taylor for an interview that touches on the ACI Alliance’s mission, the broadening cochlear implant (CI) candidacy requirements for children and adults and how CIs are an integral part of the continuum of care.  

Listen to the full interview here. 

HEARING HEALTH TODAY PODCAST

10/26/2021

The newest episode of the Hearing Health Today podcast features ACI Alliance Executive Director Donna Sorkin discussing her hearing loss journey, ACI Alliance’s work in advocacy and awareness, and how to share the best resources and empower patients of all ages with hearing loss.

Listen on Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3nGKSsr , Spotify https://spoti.fi/3pzrosg or Google Podcasts https://bit.ly/3jzuZ5z

LISTENING TO PODCASTS

6/18/2021

Podcasts started to become more commonplace around 2005. Now we hear about them frequently and are reminded of their popularity when we see people walking and exercising with their earphones plugged in—listening to podcasts. Podcasts have become so popular!

Read the full blog post by Naama Tsach, PhD.