Freedom

If you’re a hearing implant user, a missing item can have far greater consequences than simply leaving your swimming goggles or notebook at home. Here’s everything you need to know for a hassle-free trip.

Listening to music and riding around the world on his motorbike were two essentials for Matt Laxton, 52, until his hearing threatened both. But it was only when the nurse from Sydney, Australia, could no longer understand his patients that he decided to act.