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Cochlear implants in Sri Lanka, with support for life.

Cochlear Sri Lanka supplies the full Cochlear range of cochlear implants and sound processors, including the Nexa smart implant and the Osia bone conduction implant. We recommend Cochlear-trained surgeons, help families apply for funding, and look after you before, during and after surgery at our Cochlear Care Centres in Colombo and Kandy.

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Published by Wickramarachchi Hearing Care, the authorised distributor for Cochlear Ltd in Sri Lanka, providing hearing care since 1976.

A young child wearing a Cochlear sound processor

50Years of hearing care in Sri LankaWickramarachchi Hearing Care, since 1976.1,100+Cochlear implant surgeries in Sri LankaFacilitated and supported by us since the country's first, in 2004.50+Branches across Sri LankaWickramarachchi Hearing Care, with Care Centres in Colombo and Kandy.

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New to cochlear implants?

A cochlear implant can help children born with hearing loss and adults who have lost their hearing. Find out how it works, who it can help, and what the surgery is like.

The Nexa smart implant

The Cochlear Nucleus Nexa System, the world's first and only smart cochlear implant system, from Cochlear Ltd.

Bone conduction implant

The Osia System

For microtia, atresia, long-term ear infections and deafness in one ear. Often called a BAHA. Try it free first with Baha Start, with no surgery.

Piezo PowerFully under the skin
3 T MRIMagnet stays in place
Free trialBaha Start, no surgery

A young girl smiling, wearing a sound processor behind her ear

Surgeons

Cochlear-trained, internationally trained surgeons, recommended by Wickramarachchi Hearing Care.

Meet the surgeons

Questions

Answers to the questions families ask most often, with information you can check.

Read the answers

Price and funding

Systems from LKR 4,500,000, with up to LKR 5,900,000 in funding available.

Care Centres

Colombo and Kandy, for assessment, programming, service and repairs.

Where to start

If you are new to cochlear implants, read what a cochlear implant is and who it can help. If you have already been given a quotation or told that one brand is better, read common questions and answers and look at the implants we supply. If your child was born without an ear canal, or hears in only one ear, read about the Osia System. If your child already has an implant, read about speech therapy and AVT.

Hear it from a Sri Lankan family

Viduni's grandfather tells their family's story: why they chose a Cochlear implant, why they were not afraid of the surgery, and the care they received from Wickramarachchi Hearing Care.

Viduni and her grandfather, in Sinhala with English subtitles.

Your family's next step is the same as theirs: a free hearing assessment at one of our two Cochlear Care Centres, in Colombo and Kandy.

Last reviewed 19 September 2026Reviewed by the Wickramarachchi Hearing Care audiology team, providing hearing care in Sri Lanka since 1976