SAMBA 2 is the latest generation audio processor for MED-EL’s active middle ear implant, VIBRANT SOUNDBRIDGE, and our bone conduction implant, BONEBRIDGE. What tests and user experiences have shown for a long time has now also been confirmed by a recent peer-reviewed publication: The sophisticated technology built into SAMBA 2 increases hearing quality and speech
With a surgical accessory as small as it is innovative—the Stapes-SH-Coupler—MED-EL is expanding its middle ear implant system, VIBRANT SOUNDBRIDGE (VSB). It can be used for quick, gentle, and stable coupling of the SOUNDBRIDGE’s Floating Mass Transducer (FMT) to the head of the stapes. As with the VSB’s other couplers, fixation is simple and performed
For over a quarter of a century, the revolutionary and unrivalled VIBRANT SOUNDBRIDGE middle ear implant system has helped restore hearing to thousands of people around the world. Its 25th anniversary is the perfect occasion to take a closer look at the past, present, and future of this active middle ear implant with Prof. Thomas
To deter the spread of SARS-CoV-2, or coronavirus, many governments and health authorities have called for the wearing of face masks. While the situation has recently improved and face mask requirements have eased in some countries, one thing is certain: COVID-19 has made the wearing of face masks a normal part of everyday life for billions of people, especially in clinical settings and when infection rates are high.
MED-EL is committed to providing the highest level of safety and security to our recipients, professional partners and employees. Accordingly, MED-EL rapidly established a COVID-19 response team in January 2020 and already began taking action at the beginning of February—long before many other multinational companies within the industry and over a month before the World
