HearLift

Make room for implant sound—without leaving natural hearing behind. HearLift is listening practice for people with single-sided deafness who use a cochlear implant in one ear and have natural hearing in the other. It offers a middle ground between relying mainly on your good ear and listening through your implant alone. Lower-volume good ear support keeps natural hearing involved while you practice combining both inputs. Keep that support steady or let HearLift vary it automatically. BECOME WELL-READ, ONE LISTEN AT A TIME Explore classic stories and novels while practicing with your implant and natural hearing. Read along one passage at a time, or simply listen. If something isn’t clear, go back and hear it again. HearLift saves your place, lets you jump to chapters, and supports background listening and lock-screen playback controls. MAKE THE PRACTICE YOUR OWN • Find a comfortable personal starting point with guided listening setup. • Keep good ear support steady, vary it with a regular rhythm or random timing, or let it fade as passages begin. • Try Alternating ears, where one ear’s volume rises as the other’s falls. • Adjust support and reading speed while you listen. CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR • Download included pre-recorded books with selected synthetic narrators and listen offline. • Discover free books through Project Gutenberg and Wikisource. • Bring your own EPUB or text files and hear them read aloud by available built-in Apple voices. Optional Microsoft Azure voices require separate setup and internet access; service charges may apply. EXPLORE SIMULATED IMPLANT MODE Have natural hearing in both ears? Audiologists, friends, family, and curious listeners can explore HearLift with simulated implant sound in one ear and the original narration in the other. Try the listening patterns and hear how changing good ear support affects the experience. This mode is an illustrative demo, not an exact recreation of anyone’s implant hearing or a practice mode for implant users. YOUR LISTENING SETUP For implant practice, over-ear headphones deliver the same narration to your natural ear and your implant processor’s microphone. HearLift adjusts each side separately. Another setup must deliver the same audio to both ears with clear left/right separation. No HearLift account is required. Book availability and permissions vary by source and country. HearLift is a listening-practice aid, not a substitute for professional care. Results vary and aren’t guaranteed. Consult your audiologist for guidance on practice with your cochlear implant.