Cochlear Corportaion Introduces "KOALAS FOR KIDS"

Cochlear Corporation now provides a cuddly stuffed Koala bear, complete with a toy speech processor, to all Nucleus recipients, 18 years of age or younger. If home is where the heart is, then Cochlear's Australian Koalas will find a new home in the arms of these young cochlear implant recipients. Cochlear Koalas are shipped with orders for Nucleus® cochlear implants so that children may be given the gift the day of the surgery.

"We are pleased to introduce the 'Koalas for Kids' program. Cochlear Corporation wants to provide young Nucleus recipients with a companion that they can identify with. The Koalas serve as a gift of inspiration to children as they enter the hearing world and begin to decipher speech and sound," says Sara Harms, Vice President of Marketing.

Cochlear Corporation's Nucleus 24 cochlear implant system provides users with maximum flexibility to meet their individual hearing needs. Of the 32,000 cochlear implant users in the world, more than 25,000 have a Nucleus system.

To obtain more information about Cochlear's products, call Customer Service at 800-523-5798 (Voice/TTY) or visit their website at www.cochlear.com.

For more information contact Kelly Laban at (203) 762-8833.

Last Updated: October, 2000