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Corporate Information
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About MED-EL
Aug 1, 2021
MED-EL Medical Electronics, a leader in implantable hearing solutions, is driven by a mission to overcome hearing loss as a barrier to communication and quality of life.
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Company Profile
Aug 1, 2021
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
Aug 1, 2021
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
Aug 1, 2021
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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Preserving residual hearing
Aug 1, 2021
A CI system helps to restore the sense of hearing for individuals with severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss. However, CI candidates often have some degree of measurable intact hearing. This hearing is referred to as residual hearing. Preserving residual hearing, however minimal it may be, is essential for all CI users.
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Publications
Basic Information on Hearing
Special Report 1
An overview of how the different parts of the ear work together to send sound signals to the brain, and how hearing loss affects this process.
Hearing in Older Adults
Special Report 2
Hearing loss is a common part of the aging process. This special report looks at the effect hearing loss can have on older adults.
Indications
Special Report 3
Cochlear implants can be used to treat sensorineural hearing loss. Find out more about the specific indications in this special report.
Press Releases
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ideas4ears: MED-EL calls on child inventors to aim high for people living with hearing loss
Nov 9, 2021
The contest invites children aged 6-12 years old from across the world to create an invention to improve the quality of life for people with hearing loss.
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Hearing well in old age: crucial for quality of life and health
Oct 1, 2021
On the International Day of Older Persons, MED-EL is Drawing Attention to the Important Subject of Hearing Health.
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Austrian Researchers Continue to Lead Medical Innovation with Nanotechnology
Sep 15, 2021
Microscopic novel technology could help to enhance medical technologies to treat a range of illnesses or disabilities.
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Pioneering spirit and passion: Thirty Years of Translational Research on the path to overcoming hearing loss
Jul 6, 2021
MED-EL is celebrating the fruits of thirty years of collaboration with clinics and research teams around the world with a unique, freely accessible publication.
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EXPLORE LIFE
Introducing EXPLORE LIFE: Our brand-new digital platform offers a wide range of content including articles, interviews, videos, and more. As the motto says, there’s more to hear! Join us and start exploring the world of hearing.
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ideas4ears
The ideas4ears contest invites children aged 6-12 to showcase their ideas for creative solutions that improve the quality of life for people with hearing loss. Meet the winners from all over the world and get inspired by these child geniuses and the touching stories behind their inventions.
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