SYNCHRONY Cochlear Implant
When choosing a cochlear implant, you should expect only the best. As the most advanced cochlear implant, SYNCHRONY is designed to give you exceptional hearing for many years to come.
A Decision for a Lifetime
While you’ll see your audio processor everyday, it’s actually the internal implant that is more important. Why? Because it’s the implant that is most responsible for sound quality. With an advanced implant, it’s easier to chat with friends and family, listen to your favorite music, or simply hear the birds singing outside.
And unlike your audio processor, which you can upgrade regularly, your implant will stay with you for many years. Therefore it’s important to choose a cochlear implant that will give you the best hearing both now, and in the future.
Why SYNCHRONY is the cochlear implant for you:
1
Advanced Hearing Performance
SYNCHRONY uses unique Triformance technology to give you the most natural sound quality possible.
2
easyMRI
Experience hassle-free MRIs with SYNCHRONY—no surgery, no discomfort, and no hearing downtime.*
3
Lifetime Reliability
Using our decades of experience, SYNCHRONY is built for long-term reliability to bring you years of exceptional hearing.
4
Always Compatible
Benefit from the latest technology. SYNCHRONY is compatible with all our current audio processors and is designed to be compatible with our future ones too.
The Latest Technology
Only MED-EL cochlear implants offer Triformance— the most advanced hearing technology available. Triformance combines sophisticated sound coding strategies with specially-created electrodes, to give you the most natural sound quality possible.
What’s more, Triformance is designed to protect your cochlea, so your ears can benefit from future technology. With Triformance and SYNCHRONY you can experience great hearing, both now and in the future.
Made For MRI
Most of us will need an MRI at some point in our lives.
SYNCHRONY 2's revolutionary magnet means you can have MRIs of 1.5 and 3.0 Tesla without magnet removal surgery. That’s why SYNCHRONY 2 gets the easyMRI seal of approval.
Your MRI Safety Is Our Guarantee
At MED-EL we don’t just offer you the highest MRI safety. We even guarantee that your cochlear implant won't be damaged during an MRI scan.
This life-long MRI safety guarantee is the first and only to be offered by any hearing implant company and covers all MED-EL cochlear implants from as far back as 1994. So if you need to have an MRI now or in the future, you can rest assured that your SYNCHRONY 2 implant will be safe.
Expect the Best
Reliability is a big topic when choosing your cochlear implant. You will have your implant for many years to come, and only the most durable and well-built implants will stand the test of time.
At MED-EL, we use our decades of experience to build cochlear implants of the highest quality. Each SYNCHRONY implant is handmade at our headquarters in Europe, and has to pass a series of strict quality inspections before being allowed to leave the building. It is our focus on quality that makes MED-EL the reliable choice for your cochlear implant.
Ready for the Future
We’re constantly developing cutting-edge technology to pack into our audio processors. To ensure that you can always use the best hearing technology available, SYNCHRONY is built to be compatible with all MED-EL cochlear implant audio processors.
That means that you can upgrade to the newest audio processor without having to get a new implant. A cochlear implant is a decision for a lifetime, and SYNCHRONY is the ideal start to your hearing journey.
Our Audio Processors
Once you've decided on your SYNCHRONY cochlear implant, it's time to choose an audio processor to match. All MED-EL audio processors are designed to give the best sound quality possible and are easy to use in everyday life.
Check out the full range of processors below, and see which is the right option for you.
SONNET 2 
RONDO
2
SONNET 2
Whatever your lifestyle, SONNET 2 is made for you. Wear it the way you want to. Connect it to the phone you already have. And experience your best hearing, whatever you’re doing.
RONDO 2
RONDO 2 is designed to be so easy to use, you’ll forget you’re wearing it. As the first audio processor with wireless charging, RONDO 2 sets a new benchmark in cochlear implants.
Reliability
See why more than 200,000 recipients rely on MED‑EL for their hearing solutions.
Discover More* Recipients with a SYNCHRONY Cochlear Implant may be safely MRI scanned at 0.2, 1.0, 1.5, and 3.0 Tesla following the conditions detailed in the instructions for use.
Technical Data
SYNCHRONY
Cochlear Implant (Mi1200)
Housing Design
- Impact resistance up to 2.5 Joule
- Unique PIN variant with fixation pins for additional stability
- Weight: 7.6 g
Stimulation Features
- Sequential non-overlapping stimulation on 12 electrode channels
- Intelligent parallel stimulation on 2 to 12 electrode channels
- 24 independent current sources
- Stimulation rates of up to 50,704 pulses per second
- Range of pulse phase duration: 2.1–425.0 μs/phase
- Interphase gaps of 2.1, 10, 20 and 30μs
- Time resolution (nominal values): 1.67 μs
- Current range (nominal value): 0–1200 μA per pulse phase
Pulse Shapes
Biphasic, symmetric triphasic and triphasic precision pulses
Comprehensive Diagnostic Toolkit
- Status Telemetry
- Impedance and Field Telemetry (IFT)
- Auditory Nerve Response Telemetry (ART™, AutoART, ARTFit)
- Electrically Evoked Auditory Brainstem Response (EABR)
- Electrically Evoked Stapedius Reflex Threshold (ESRT)
- Electric Acoustic Evoked Potential (EAEP)
Safety Features
- Output capacitors for each channel
- Unique Implant ID (IRIS)
MRI Safety*
- MR Conditional at 0.2, 1.0, 1.5, and 3.0 Tesla
- No magnet removal required even at 3.0 Tesla
- Magnet removable for minimized image distortion
Electrode Arrays
FLEX Series
FLEX SOFT
- 26.4 mm stimulation range
- Diameter at basal end: 1.3 mm
- Dimensions at apical end: 0.5 x 0.4 mm
FLEX 28
- 23.1 mm stimulation range
- Diameter at basal end: 0.8 mm
- Dimensions at apical end: 0.5 x 0.4 mm
FLEX 26
- 20.9 mm stimulation range
- Diameter at basal end: 0.8 mm
- Dimensions at apical end: 0.5 x 0.4 mm
FLEX 24
- 20.9 mm stimulation range
- Diameter at basal end: 0.8 mm
- Dimensions at apical end: 0.5 x 0.3 mm
FLEX 20
- 15.4 mm stimulation range
- Diameter at basal end: 0.8 mm
- Dimensions at apical end: 0.5 x 0.3 mm
FORM Series
FORM 24
- 18.7 mm stimulation range
- Diameter at basal end: 0.8 mm
- Diameter at apical end: 0.5 mm
FORM 19
- 14.3 mm stimulation range
- Diameter at basal end: 0.8 mm
- Diameter at apical end: 0.5 mm
CLASSIC Series
Available in Standard, Medium,
and Compressed
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