MED-EL Podcast

Why is our goal to offer closer to natural hearing? Marcus Schmidt, Director of Corporate Marketing at MED-EL, explains why we're always striving to provide the closest to natural hearing with a CI.

In this final podcast episode, Christian Wirtz, Research Engineer at MED-EL, and Peter Schleich, Science & Technology Communication Project Manager, give an overview of the technological aspects of bilateral cochlear implants. They analyse the technologically challenging parts of cochlear implants for bilateral hearing and explain how the MED-EL's CI technology offers the closest to natural hearing.

In this podcast episode, Christian Wirtz, Research Engineer at MED-EL, and Peter Schleich, Science & Technology Communication Project Manager, share their insights on the history of bilateral implantation. The time duration between implantations is discussed in detail along with the associated successes and challenges.

In this podcast episode, Melissa Waller, Head of the Education and Training department and Jennifer Robinson, Senior Product Manager at MED-EL, look specifically into bimodal hearing. Jennifer Robinson outlines the advantages of bimodal hearing and describes how MED-EL's closest to natural hearing philosophy matches the cochlear implant with any hearing aid.

In this second episode on single-sided deafness, Celina Tobias-Grasso, Senior Training Manager in the Education and Training department, and Reinhold Schatzer, Team Leader in the Signal Processing and Fitting team, discuss how MED-EL's cochlear implants provide a closer match to natural hearing. They concentrate on the technological aspects specific to MED-EL's cochlear implant design and elaborate on the factors that contribute to the success of MED-EL's cochlear implant users.

In this podcast episode, Celina Tobias-Grasso, Senior Training Manager in the Education and Training department, and Reinhold Schatzer, Team Leader in the Signal Processing and Fitting team, focus on cochlear implantation in single-sided deafness. Reinhold, explains in detail what is single-sided deafness and elaborates on the history of cochlear implantation for SSD. Etiologies and successes stemming from clinical evidence and documented in the literature are also covered in this episode.

In this first podcast episode we pose an important question: Why it is important to hear with two ears? Jennifer Robinson, Senior Product Manager at MED-EL, discusses with Melissa Waller, Head of the Education and Training department, the benefits of binaural hearing. Jennifer Robinson outlines the challenges that individuals with hearing loss in one or both ears face, and explains why the MED-EL cochlear implant is a good option for these individuals.

In this final podcast episode, we recap the key messages from the past four episodes. Alexander Hofer, Head of Product Management, Business Unit VIBRANT, wraps up the series by reiterating the need for the ADHEAR on the market and the benefits that only this device can provide. Alex talks about our company's experiences with the ADHEAR and he mentions clinical outcomes. In this episode, we have also included three testimonials from ADHEAR users and their relatives.

In this podcast episode, we give users and professionals tips on handling the ADHEAR. Lukas Osl, Product Manager for the ADHEAR, guides listeners how to best take care of the device by leading them through a day in the life of an ADHEAR user - from the moment they wake up until they end the day. He continues the episode by giving tips and tricks that are specifically relevant to professionals.

In this podcast episode, we chat about the unique benefits that the ADHEAR provides to both users and professionals. First, Lukas Osl, Product Manager for the ADHAR, talks about the benefits that users can enjoy and then he goes on to describe the specific benefits for professionals in the field. Lukas wraps up the episode by emphasizing the one great thing that he feels our listeners should take away from the discussions on ADHEAR.