Cochlear implants and magnets for use with same

A cochlear implant, comprising:

• a cochlear lead including a plurality of electrodes;
• a flexible housing;
• a magnet apparatus, located within the flexible housing, including a first partial disk shaped magnet member and a second partial disk shaped magnet member spaced apart from the first partial disk shaped magnet member, the first partial disk shaped magnet member defining a first axis of rotation and the second partial disk shaped magnet member defining a second axis of rotation that is spaced apart from the first axis of rotation;
• an antenna within the flexible housing and adjacent to the magnet apparatus;
• and
• a stimulation processor operably connected to the antenna and to the cochlear lead;
• wherein the respective configurations of the flexible housing and the first and second partial disk shaped magnet members are such that the first and second partial disk shaped magnet members will rotate independently and distort the flexible housing in response to the presence of a magnetic field of at least 1.5 T.