MED-EL highlights ‘Switch on Life: An Interactive Hearing Game’.
They explain “Switch on Life offers young people and adults a playful way to learn about the science and technology behind hearing implants. Originally designed to simulate everyday life with hearing loss to the friends and family members of cochlear implant candidates and recipients, the online learning platform has also become popular among educators and their students as well as hearing professionals and hearing loss support groups.
The Switch on Life platform, which is free for anyone to access, immerses visitors in an engaging and challenging educational experience. With a mix of videos and different interactive educational games, players face a series of hearing tasks and challenges with each demonstrating different specific aspects of hearing loss and hearing technology. Switch on Life offers visitors a rare chance to learn how cochlear implant technology works from some of the world’s leading scientists and experts in hearing implant research and development.”
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