MED-EL

MED-EL
Company typePrivate company
Industrymedical device
Founded1990
HeadquartersInnsbruck, Austria
Key people
Ingeborg Hochmair CEO & CTO
ProductsHearing implants
Number of employees
1,500[1]
Websitewww.medel.com

MED-EL is a global medical technology company specializing in hearing implants and devices. They develop and manufacture products including cochlear implants, middle ear implants and bone conduction systems.  

MED-EL is a privately owned company and is run by its co-founder and CEO Ingeborg Hochmair, a scientist and researcher in the field of hearing implants.[2] The company headquarters are in Innsbruck, Austria.

  1. ^ "MED-EL Founders Nominated for European Inventor Award 2014". Reuters UK. 29 April 2014. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014.
  2. ^ "MED-EL's Hochmair Among Trio of CI Developers Recognized by Lasker-DeBakey Research Award". The Hearing Review. 2013-09-09. Retrieved 2022-05-13.