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Corporate Information
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About MED-EL
Jan 1, 2020
MED-EL Medical Electronics, a leader in implantable hearing solutions, is driven by a mission to overcome hearing loss as a barrier to communication.
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Company Profile
Jan 1, 2020
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
Jan 1, 2020
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
Jan 1, 2020
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
Jan 1, 2020
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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Hear with Two Ears
Apr 13, 2020
Hearing with two ears (“binaural hearing”) is the natural way. Spatial hearing, sound localisation and robust speech understanding in noise are only possible with two ears.
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MED-EL is the first hearing implant manufacturer to receive new European MDR Certification
Mar 25, 2020
MED-EL, the Austria-based global leader in cochlear and hearing implants technology, has become one of the first manufacturers worldwide, and the first and only hearing implant manufacturer in the world, to be granted European Medical Device Regulation (MDR) certification.
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MED-EL founder Ingeborg Hochmair-Desoyer named new honorary doctor at Uppsala University’s Faculty of Medicine
Feb 9, 2020
Ingeborg Hochmair-Desoyer’s groundbreaking research led to the development of the world’s first microelectronic and multi-channel cochlear implant (CI).
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ideas4ears: Child geniuses win a trip to Austria with their ideas to help people with hearing loss!
Feb 4, 2020
Winners created innovations as part of a global competition to raise awareness for hearing loss.
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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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