Today, we’re getting unique insights into using Remote Care in routine clinical practice—we’ll learn more about providing audiological care via the MAESTRO software and the HearCare MED-EL app, which can be done anytime, anywhere. Prof. Andreas Büchner describes firsthand how this pioneering technology is used at the DHZ (German Hearing Center) in Hanover, its benefits, and its implications for patients and clinical staff.

Stimulating the right pitch at the right rate and at the right place in the cochlea enables people with hearing loss to hear with their cochlear implants in a way that comes uniquely close to natural hearing. Simple, right? Not at all. MED-EL’s sophisticated technology that enables closest to natural hearing is anything but simple. Read on to find out what sets us apart from other CI manufacturers and why we are the worldwide leader when it comes to cochlear implant sound quality.

There is growing evidence that cochlear implant recipients may benefit more from their devices if tonotopic mismatch is reduced. After providing an overview of recent research on tonotopic mismatch, this article explores how researchers and clinicians have been working to reduce tonotopic mismatch and improve hearing outcomes for MED-EL cochlear implant recipients.

The Minimal Pairs Test may be able to reveal weaknesses in speech discrimination related to sounds that correspond with one or more frequency ranges. This information can be helpful for audiologists to help them identify which channels may need a closer look for adjustment as they program cochlear implants.

We just revealed our latest innovations at CI2024 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. There we unveiled new tools to enable clinicians to provide follow-up fitting care remotely to MED-EL cochlear implant users without an appointment. We also offered a sneak peek into what’s coming soon for cochlear implantation and RONDO 3 users.

Clinicians are just starting to discover the great potential of anatomy-based fitting, an approach to cochlear implant frequency mapping that only MED-EL offers as part of our fitting software, MAESTRO, which is available to clinicians. It is the next step forward in providing cochlear implant recipients closer to natural hearing. As a new feature introduced with the release of MAESTRO 9.0, anatomy-based fitting (ABF) allows you to align the frequency map stimulated by the CI to the natural place-pitch frequency map in the cochlea as best as possible.