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Med-El US Standard Pro and Micro Pro Rechargeable Batteries Now Available for Sonnet 2 and Sonnet 3 Users

The new battery options offer up to 23 hours of hearing on a single charge and are compatible with Med-El implants dating back to 1994.

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Med-El Founders Receive Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

The 2026 award recognizes Ingeborg and Erwin Hochmair for their contributions to cochlear implant technology.

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Who Gets a CI? Expanding Access to Cochlear Implants

Despite significant advances in cochlear implant technology and expanded candidacy criteria, access to these life-changing devices remains limited, prompting professionals to find new ways to close the gap in care.

Med-El and Starkey to Collaborate on Bimodal Bluetooth Experience

by Melanie Hamilton | Jul 10, 2024 | Cochlear Implants, Hearing Aids, Industry News | 0

The collaboration marks the beginning of an enhanced bimodal Bluetooth experience between Med-El CIs and Starkey hearing aids.

MED-EL and Microsoft Collaborate on Accessible Communication Tech for People With Hearing Loss

by Andy Lundin | Jun 17, 2024 | Cochlear Implants, Organizations | 0

Hearing implant developer MED-EL will collaborate with Microsoft to help enhance communication technology for people using hearing devices

Synchrotron Imaging Informs Customized Cochlear Implant Programming

by Melanie Hamilton | Mar 15, 2024 | Cochlear Implants, Research | 0

The maps the research team created using the synchrotron could make a huge difference to the sound quality of cochlear implants.

MED-EL Opens Ideas4Ears Contest to Entries

by Stefani Kim | Nov 17, 2022 | Events | 0

MED-EL USA announced that entries are now being accepted for the 6th annual Ideas4Ears competition, a worldwide search for creative inventions from children designed to help people who are deaf or hard of hearing.

MED-EL ‘Sound Sensation Festival’ to Take Place October 6-8

by Stefani Kim | Oct 6, 2022 | Events | 0

This year, between October 6-8, MED-EL announced that it will bring music alive at the MED-EL Sound Sensation Festival. Singers and musicians from around the world who are deaf and hard of hearing and rely on MED-EL technology to hear will perform alongside artists that will include a Vienna Philharmonic ensemble, violinist Yury Revich, and Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst.

MED-EL Showcases Audio Processor Cover Designs

by Stefani Kim | Jul 25, 2022 | Cochlear Implants | 0

Under the theme “What does sound mean to you?” four professional artists have created designs that will form limited-edition covers for the MED-EL hearing implant audio processors.

MED-EL Launches Fifth Annual ‘Ideas4Ears’ Contest

by Stefani Kim | Nov 10, 2021 | Events | 0

The contest invites children ages 6-12 years old from countries around the world, including the United States, to create an invention to improve the quality of life for people with hearing loss.

MID-YEAR PRODUCT REVIEW: Cochlear Implants and Bone-anchored Devices

by Stefani Kim | Jul 23, 2021 | Implants & Bone Conduction | 0

Cochlear’s Smart Hearing Alliance allows your patients the ability to stream directly to both ears from a compatible iOS or Android device using their Nucleus 7 or Kanso 2 Sound Processor and a compatible ReSound hearing aid.

MED-EL Releases S-Vector Magnet for SYNCHRONY 2

by Stefani Kim | Mar 16, 2021 | Bone-Conduction Solutions, Cochlear Implants | 0

MED-EL announced the launch of its all-new diametric magnet with S-Vector technology. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved S-Vector magnet is a feature of SYNCHRONY 2 cochlear implants that ship starting March 16.

MED-EL Launches Samba 2 Audio Processor

by Stefani Kim | Jan 6, 2021 | Cochlear Implants, Middle-Ear Implants | 0

SAMBA 2 is compatible with both versions of the BONEBRIDGE Bone Conduction Implant, the BCI 601 and BCI 602. BONEBRIDGE bone conduction implants are also engineered to be compatible with future generations of audio processors.

MED-EL USA Launches 4th Annual Ideas4Ears Contest

by Stefani Kim | Dec 3, 2020 | Events | 0

MED-EL USA, a provider and inventor of hearing implant systems, announced the launch of its participation in the 4th annual international Ideas4Ears Children’s Invention Contest.

MED-EL Named ‘Innovator of the Year’ at HHTM Hearing Technology Innovator Awards

by Stefani Kim | Oct 19, 2020 | Bone-Conduction Solutions, Cochlear Implants, Middle-Ear Implants | 0

Through the annual awards program, HHTM recognizes technological innovation and achievement in the hearing industry. This year’s awards program saw dozens of innovative technologies, submitted from companies across the globe.

FDA Approves MED-EL Rondo 3 for Synchrony Cochlear Implant System

by Stefani Kim | Aug 26, 2020 | Cochlear Implants | 1

The company says that new MED-EL recipients can swap out an unopened RONDO 2 Audio Processor for a RONDO 3 Audio Processor through the RONDO Swap Program.