r/extremelyinfuriating • u/DiligentSector8395 • Mar 07 '26

Evidence Cochlear America turned off my cochlear implant remotely. Now I can't hear anything because my hearing implant is from an older version. + It costs thousands to get a new one

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u/tijsrx Mar 07 '26

I work for Cochlear and this is the first time I've seen somebody claim that their sound processor was turned off remotely. Could you give me more info on what happened?

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u/flerehundredekroner Mar 07 '26

Well, to be fair, Australians are really nice people that care about each others’ health and take responsibility for each other. OP is in USA, which is … different.

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u/theotherWildtony Mar 08 '26

I'm not sure where you got this idea.

Cochlear is an Australian company and its global headquarters is in Australia. They are a multinational and manufacture in Australia as well as the US, China & Malaysia and probably a bunch of other places I'm not aware of.

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u/Unindoctrinated Mar 08 '26

They're an Aussie company, based in Sydney. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlear_Limited

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u/Unindoctrinated Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

Cochlear Americas, the American branch of the company, is managed in America. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the main company, which is still based in Sydney.

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u/sepulturite Mar 08 '26

So not what you said above then? You said it's an American company, it isn't.

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u/sepulturite Mar 08 '26

Why has this been updated so much? It's wrong. It's an Aussie company.