MED-EL Podcast: What Does 360 Degrees of Reliability and Safety Mean?

What Makes MED-EL’s Hearing Implants So Reliable?

Discover how we meet the highest standards for quality, safety, and reliability.

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Audiology

Intelligent Parallel Stimulation (IPS) compensates for the interference that occurs between electrodes.
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How Cochlear Implant Recipients Benefit From Intelligent Parallel Stimulation

Since 2006, each channel or pair of electrodes in MED-EL’s cochlear implants has had its own current source. These 12 channels with independent current sources allow each electrode pair to stimulate the cochlea with more flexibility. For instance, several different electrode pairs can stimulate different places in the cochlea at precisely the same time, which is often referred to as simultaneous or parallel stimulation.