MED-EL encourages you to compare our product reliability with that of our competitors. While doing so, please keep in mind that effective comparisons should include:

Comparable number
of products in use
Same time frame
Actual, current data
Similar product generations
Openness and completeness
of data presented using the same failure categories, including total number of explanted devices

EAS

VIBRANT SOUNDBRIDGE

Reliability

Outstanding Reliability Data

In a Class of its Own

MED-EL Reliability Reporting:
Honest, Transparent, Up-to-date

MED−EL reliability reporting standards far exceed the reporting methods used by competitors. Our reliability data are prepared in accordance with ISO 5841-2:2000 which governs the reliability reporting for pacemakers.¹ MED‑EL is the only company to report on both implant and processor related failures.

MED−EL is in a class of its own. Transparent, honest and up-to-date reporting shows that current MED−EL Hearing Implant Systems are the most reliable implants on the market today.

	MED-EL	Cochlear	Advanced Bionics
Transparent reporting on all implant failures (including but not limited to device and accident related, as well as medical and surgical root causes for malfunction of the implant)	YES	NO	NO
Reporting on reliability of processors	YES	NO	YES
Up-to-date reliability data	YES	NO	NO