Benefits of the Vibrant Soundbridge

MED-EL offers a safe and effective option to persons with sensorineural hearing loss or conductive and mixed hearing losses. Leading clinics offer the Vibrant Soundbridge.
Besides the superior sound quality, attractive features of the Vibrant Soundbridge are wearing comfort and that the hearing device is hidden by hair.
Patients using the Vibrant Soundbridge experience many benefits:

• Intelligent Signal Processing
  With the Amadé audio processor the user can benefit from features like wind noise reduction, Sound Smoothing and speech and noise management. The Amadé offers the choice of three different programs which can be adapted for different personal preferences.
• Natural speech and sound quality
  Patients report that speech and other sounds - including their own voices --are clear and have good sound quality . Sound quality is generally described as "natural".
• Open ear canal
  The Vibrant Soundbridge allows the ear canal to remain completely open. This reduces or even eliminates problems with an obstructed ear canal (occlusion) often experienced by hearing aid users.
• Improved wearing comfort
  Patients rate wearing comfort with the Soundbridge as being very good. The audio processor is held in place over the implant by a magnet and is very comfortable.
• No feedback or whistling
  There is little or no acoustic feedback (whistling). This is because the FMT ís in the middle ear, far away from the microphone.
• Excellent speech understanding, particularly in noisy surroundings
  Listening in challenging listening environments, particularly in background noise is very good. Conversations in restaurants, in groups, within the family, and in public places can be enjoyed again.
• Transmission of high pitches (music)
  Many patients report that they are able to hear softer, high frequency sounds, such as children's voices and music.
• Improved aesthetics
  The audio processor of the Vibrant Soundbridge is held in place over the implant by a magnet. The design allows the audio processor to be worn discreetly and comfortably under the hair.

One very important benefit of the Soundbridge is that the patient's hearing is not significantly affected by surgery.