Press Releases

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.

MED-EL wins two internationally recognized design awards

May 5, 2021

The RONDO 3 audio processor convinced the Red Dot and iF Design Award juries with its unique product design

Hearing loss and pandemic – a new perspective on the ‘New Normal’

Mar 3, 2021

For the 466 million people around the world suffering from hearing loss, the pandemic is particularly challenging. On the occasion of World Hearing Day 2021, this is something worth focusing on.

ideas4ears children’s invention contest: winners announcement!

Feb 9, 2021

The young inventors took part in MED-EL’s ideas4ears children’s invention contest and created an innovation as part of a global competition to raise awareness for hearing loss.

Globally unique MRI Guarantee: the highest MRI safety with hearing implants from MED-EL

Feb 2, 2021

Worry-free, safe magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with MED-EL cochlear, middle ear or bone conduction implants – now with lifetime guarantee!

ideas4ears: MED-EL calls on child geniuses to unleash their superpowers to help people with hearing loss

Nov 9, 2020

Global children’s contest launched on World Inventors Day to raise awareness of hearing loss and the benefits of treatment

MED-EL collaborates with Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg for a phase 1/2a clinical trial on improved healing of cochlear implants

Oct 5, 2020

MED-EL and Paracelsus Medial University Salzburg today announced a joint research agreement for the clinical testing of human umbilical cord cell-derived extracellular vesicles.

Hearing implant company and ADA partner MED-EL wins TRIGOS Award 2020

Sep 17, 2020

MED-EL, leading expert for hearing solutions and business partner of the Austrian Development Agency ADA, receives Austria’s most prestigious award for corporate social responsibility.

Hearing implant organisations welcome landmark consensus on a minimum standard of care for treating adult hearing loss with a cochlear implant

Aug 27, 2020

Advanced Bionics, Cochlear, MED-EL, and Oticon Medical, today welcomed the first ever global consensus on the use of cochlear implants

MED-EL makes hearing simple with the new SAMBA 2 audio processor

Jul 8, 2020

When MED-EL asked their users and professional partners what they most wanted in a hearing system, the answer was clear: great sound quality and a device that is easy to use.

HEARO: world’s first cochlear implant surgical robot receives CE-Mark

May 1, 2020

The HEARO platform is a joint initiative between leading hearing implant manufacturer MED-EL (Innsbruck, Austria) and medical technology company CAScination AG (Bern, Switzerland).

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.

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.

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).

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.

ideas4ears: MED-EL calls on young inventors to create an invention for people with hearing loss

Nov 9, 2019

Global children’s contest launched on World Inventors Day to raise awareness of hearing loss and the benefits of treatment

MED-EL launches two new innovative products: the SONNET 2 & MAESTRO 8

Jul 4, 2019

MED-EL has again been investing and developing ways to take their hearing technology to the next level. The latest SONNET 2 audio processor and MAESTRO 8 fitting software are created in response to feedback with the user in mind.

Young inventors meet the miracle makers which enable them to hear

Jun 14, 2019

MED-EL welcomes eight winners of the global children’s invention contest, ideas4ears, to the company’s headquarters in Innsbruck, Austria.

Young inventors worldwide win a trip to Austria to meet MED-EL’s leading hearing technology inventors

Jan 31, 2019

Winners created one-of-a-kind inventions as part of a global children’s contest to raise awareness for hearing loss.

MED-EL joins leading hearing association EHIMA

Jan 21, 2019

MED-EL, the European leader in implantable hearing solutions, has become a member of The European Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (EHIMA).

ideas4ears: MED-EL launches global Children´s Invention Contest

Nov 9, 2018

MED-EL is inviting children aged 6-12 years from all over the world to show their creativity in a contest. In the ideas4ears contest the youngest generation of inventors is asked to come up with inventions for people with hearing loss that improve their quality of life.

Special Report on Hearing in Older Adults launched on UN’s International Day of Older Persons

Oct 1, 2018

MED-EL report highlights why good hearing is important at any age and how treating hearing loss can save relationships.

Deaf yet hearing – Musicians with hearing implants successful at ‘Beats of Cochlea’ Music Event

Sep 12, 2018

4th International Music Festival for Children, Youths and Adults with Hearing Disorders

Ideas for Ears: Winners travelled to Innsbruck with their best ideas

Apr 5, 2018

In April, the eight winners from the Ideas for Ears children's invention competition met at MED-EL Headquarters in Innsbruck, Austria.

Road to Alone: World Hearing Day campaign highlights the life-changing impact of hearing loss

Mar 3, 2018

MED-EL has launched a new global campaign to raise awareness of the significant impact that hearing loss can have on people’s lives.

Ideas for Ears: Children worldwide win a trip to meet MED-EL’s leading hearing technology inventors in Austria

Nov 26, 2017

Winners created one-of-a-kind inventions as part of a global children’s competition to raise awareness for hearing loss

MED-EL supports hearing impaired musicians to attend one-of-a-kind international music festival

Oct 7, 2017

‘Beats of Cochlea’ music event helps people with hearing loss to fulfil their musical dreams

Latest EXPLOREMAGAZINE focuses on ever-present phenomenon of time and how it is constantly slipping through our fingers

Jul 7, 2017

MED-EL this week launched the latest issue of its flagship EXPLOREMAGAZINE, which aims to raise awareness about the importance of hearing loss through inspiring and extraordinary stories.

MED-EL to showcase ground-breaking technology at CI 2018

Jun 27, 2017

MED-EL will showcase two new, industry-leading technologies at this year’s CI 2018 conference – OTOPLAN, a cutting-edge surgical planning software for otological procedures; and RONDO 2, the world’s first audio processor with wireless charging.

MED-EL calls for urgent action as first resolution on hearing loss in 22 years is adopted by the World Health Assembly in Geneva

May 30, 2017

MED-EL, a leading manufacturer of hearing implants, is now calling for urgent action to address one of the most challenging health and social issues facing society today.