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MED-EL is the world’s leading hearing implant company, helping the world hear through cochlear implants and other innovations. Find our latest press releases, images, company information, and contact details below.
Corporate Information
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Company Profile
Sep 1, 2023
MED-EL, headquartered in Innsbruck, Austria, is a leading provider of hearing implant systems. The privately-owned business was founded by Ingeborg and Erwin Hochmair in the 1980s. Today, MED-EL offers the widest range of implantable and non-implantable solutions for various types and degrees of hearing loss.
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Dr Ingeborg Hochmair
Sep 1, 2023
Ingeborg Hochmair is the CEO of MED-EL, an industry leader in implantable hearing solutions. She co-founded the company with her husband, Erwin Hochmair, and they hired their first employees in 1990. Today, the company is still privately run, with its global headquarters located in Innsbruck, Austria.
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MED-EL’s hearing systems
Sep 1, 2023
MED-EL is a pioneer in the field of implantable hearing solutions. In 1977, the world’s first micro-electronic multi-channel cochlear implant, developed by MED-EL’s founders, Ingeborg and Erwin Hochmair, was implanted in Vienna for the first time. This milestone was the birth of the modern cochlear implant and today, over 40 years later, the privately-owned business continues to set new standards in the provision of innovative solutions for people affected by hearing loss.
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Press Releases
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Lifetime Achievement Award “Tiroler des Jahres” for MED-EL CEO Dr Ingeborg Hochmair
Sep 22, 2023
Dr Ingeborg Hochmair was honored for her lifetime achievement as the co-founder and CEO of MED-EL and her work to help change the lives of people living with hearing loss.
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An international group of hearing experts recommends care pathways for adult cochlear implantation
Jul 14, 2023
The Living Guidelines define nine recommendations and 31 good practice statements across hearing screening, specialist referral and evaluation, rehabilitation, and patient outcomes.
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MED-EL celebrates 20 years of giving the gift of hearing to people with rare disease
Jun 15, 2023
20 years ago the MED-EL ABI, an implant that electronically stimulates the brainstem, was officially launched for adults.
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MED-EL revolutionizes cochlear implantation with unparalleled synchrotron dataset of temporal bones
Jun 15, 2023
The synchrotron images provide an unprecedented level of detail offering remarkable opportunities for personalized cochlear implantation procedures.
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