They love listening to music on their phone. And then once you get them that connectivity to directly hear music, they love it.
TIRED OF NOT HEARING ANYTHING ANYMORE?
Don't wait! Discover the Power of Cochlear Implants with Advanced Bionics Today!
TIRED OF NOT HEARING ANYTHING ANYMORE?
Don't Wait! Discover the Power of Cochlear Implants with Advanced Bionics Today!
| ✓ | Overcome the Limitations of Hearing Aids |
| ✓ | Safe, Trusted, and Approved Technology |
| ✓ | Covered by Medicare, Medicaid & Many Private Insurance Plans |
| ✓ | Personalized Support at Every Step |
| ✓ | Overcome the Limitations of Hearing Aids |
| ✓ | Safe, Trusted, and Approved Technology |
| ✓ | Covered by Medicare, Medicaid & Many Private Insurance Plans |
| ✓ | Personalized Support at Every Step |
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Only US-based CI company
100,000+
Ears implanted
130+
Countries
800+
Worldwide patent filings
100+
Partnerships with universities and clinics
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Only US-based CI company
100,000+
Ears implanted
130+
Countries
500+
Patents
100+
Partnerships with universities and clinics
Who may be a candidate for a cochlear implant procedure?
 | If you have severe to profound hearing loss |
| | If you still struggle with hearing aids |
| | If you have trouble hearing on the phone or in noise, even with hearing aids |
| | Talk to your doctor to learn more |
| | If you have severe to profound hearing loss |
| | If you still struggle with hearing aids |
| | If you have trouble hearing on the phone or in noise, even with hearing aids |
| | Talk to your doctor to learn more |
Why cochlear implants?2-5
| | Up to 90% speech understanding |
| | Better quality of life |
| | Hear better at social events, work, and daily activities |
| | Enjoy music and water activities |
| | Up to 90% speech understanding |
| | Better quality of life |
| | Hear better at social events, work, and daily activities |
| | Enjoy music and water activities |
| | Hear the most pitches, only AB offers proven better speech understanding in noise |
| | Best at saving your own hearing |
| | Works with Phonak technology and future upgrades |
| | Personal lifetime support and strong community |
| | Hear the most pitches, only AB offers proven better speech understanding in noise |
| | Best at saving your own hearing |
| | Works with Phonak technology and future upgrades |
| | Personal lifetime support and strong community |
Covered by Insurance1
| | Medicare |
| | Medicaid |
| | Most private insurance plans |
| | Medicare |
| | Medicaid |
| | Most private insurance plans |
Why Advanced Bionics?6-9
| | Hear the most pitches, only AB offers proven better speech understanding in noise |
| | Best at saving your own hearing |
| | Works with Phonak technology and future upgrades |
| | Personal lifetime support and strong community |
| | Hear the most pitches, only AB offers proven better speech understanding in noise |
| | Best at saving your own hearing |
| | Works with Phonak technology and future upgrades |
| | Personal lifetime support and strong community |
Covered by Insurance1
| | Medicare |
| | Medicaid |
| | Most private insurance plans |
| | Medicare |
| | Medicaid |
| | Most private insurance plans |
A Life-Changing Upgrade: See Deb's reaction to upgrading to Marvel CI by Advanced Bionics
Pain-free, hassle-free MRI10
Universal Bluetooth Connectivity
Best at saving your hearing9
Waterproof, tough, and durable
Pain-free, hassle-free MRI10
Universal Bluetooth Connectivity
Best at saving your hearing9
Waterproof, tough, and durable
Hearing Aids vs Cochlear Implants
| Hearing Aid | Cochlear Implant |
|---|---|---|
| Hearing loss | Mild to moderate | Severe to profound |
| How it works | Makes sounds louder | Send sound signals directly to hearing nerve |
| Costs | Usually not covered by insurance | Often covered by insurance |
| Surgery | No | Yes |
| Hearing training recommended | Yes | Yes |
Hearing Aids vs Cochlear Implants
| Hearing Aid | Cochlear Implant |
|---|---|---|
| Hearing loss | Mild to moderate | Severe to profound |
| How it works | Makes sounds louder | Send sound signals directly to hearing nerve |
| Costs | Usually not covered by insurance | Often covered by insurance |
| Surgery | No | Yes |
| Hearing training recommended | Yes | Yes |
Steps to get a cochlear implant11
Steps to get a cochlear implant11
- Cochlear Implant evaluation by a hearing care professional
- Insurance Approval
- Surgery
- Start hearing with your cochlear implant
- Continued hearing training and improvement
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Marvel CI Sound Processor is the most performance-focused, connected, and flexible solution12
Marvel CI Sound Processor is the most performance-focused, connected, and flexible solution12
 | Powerful hearing experiences |
| | Universal Bluetooth connectivity |
| | Personalized linked two-ear solutions |
| | Colors that let your personality shine |
Customer Stories: Why They Choose Us
"I am so glad I chose Advanced Bionics for its technology. AB has given me a world of hearing that I never knew existed, and it has never left me behind as its technology improved, as hearing aids did so long ago."
– Melinda Hayden, hears with an AB cochlear implant
"Whether we're out somewhere at a restaurant, or we're just sitting around the dinner table with the family, I'm able to communicate. We have a lot of plans for the future, and I don't have to worry about not being able to hear what my wife has to say to me, or the beautiful things that we're going to see here in the future."
– Jack Leisure, hears with an AB cochlear implant
"I just love how much support Advanced Bionics makes available for us. Including the Hearing Journey platform, which helped me to connect with the other Advanced Bionics CI users and share experiences living with the CI."
– Shobana Ramesh, hears with an AB cochlear implant
"Some of my patients are afraid that they will lose their residual hearing after the surgery. Of course, this can happen, but it’s not so often. With the new surgical techniques, with robot-assisted techniques and with a good electrode array design that we have now today, it’s possible to preserve hearing in most of the cases. So, I tell my patients that even though there is a risk, the CI will improve their life and change their life after the surgery."*
– Dr. Yannik Nguyen, ENT Surgeon Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Paris, France
*Statement is the surgeon’s opinion.
"I just love how much support Advanced Bionics makes available for us. Including the Hearing Journey platform, which helped me to connect with the other Advanced Bionics CI users and share experiences living with the CI."
– Shobana Ramesh, hears with an AB cochlear implant
"Some of my patients are afraid that they will lose their residual hearing after the surgery. Of course, this can happen, but it’s not so often. With the new surgical techniques, with robot-assisted techniques and with a good electrode array design that we have now today, it’s possible to preserve hearing in most of the cases. So, I tell my patients that even though there is a risk, the CI will improve their life and change their life after the surgery."*
– Dr. Yannik Nguyen, ENT Surgeon Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Paris, France
*Statement is the surgeon’s opinion.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Hearing aids basically make sounds louder, but for people with more hearing loss, this may not be enough to make sounds clearer or easier to understand. Cochlear implants send sound directly to the hearing nerve, where it’s sent on to the brain.
If you feel that hearing aids are not helping you enough, cochlear implants might work better for you. Take the candidacy quiz and talk to your hearing healthcare professional to decide if cochlear implants may be the right choice to treat your hearing loss.
Unlike hearing aids, cochlear implants are often covered by Medicare and many insurance companies.* Contact your insurance company or AB’s Insurance Reimbursement Services Team at 877.779.0229 or insurance@advancedbionics.com to find out about your specific coverage. The cost of a cochlear implant will be different based on your personal health plan.
* Cochlear implants are covered for Medicare beneficiaries who meet the CMS criteria for coverage and coverage for adult Medicaid recipients varies according to state specific guidelines.
We hear best with two ears. Hearing with both ears helps us know where sounds are coming from, and understand speech better in noisy places. So, if you have hearing loss in both ears, you should get help for both ears.
Depending on their hearing care professional’s advice and healthcare coverage, people with hearing loss sometimes get both ears implanted at the same time. Others decide to get one implant first before getting another one later.
Yes! In fact, hearing with a hearing aid in one ear and a matching cochlear implant in the other ear may help you hear better in noisy places1 and help you know where sounds are coming from. AB offers a variety of solutions that, like your natural ears, work together to maximize your hearing. Talk to your hearing health professional about using matching hearing devices to help you hear your best.
Your hearing care professionals are best able to tell you if cochlear implants will help. It’s important to understand that better hearing through a cochlear implant is a process, not a quick fix. With time and practice listening, your hearing will get better and better after getting a CI. But how fast you hear better depends on three things: (1) the technology used, (2) your hearing structures, and (3) hearing training and rehab after the surgery. We encourage you to speak with people who hear with cochlear implants to learn about their experiences.
Many features in AB’s cochlear implant systems are designed to help you enjoy music. In fact, many professional musicians choose our cochlear implants to help them hear and perform music.
"I actually have a lot of patients who play musical instruments, and that's been amazing to me. They're in marching bands, they're in symphony orchestras, and things like that. …They love listening to music on their phone. And then once you get them that connectivity to directly hear music, they love it. So, that's been surprising to me because for years, we were told, oh, you really can't listen to music or music isn't good. But I have a lot of patients who, not only enjoy music but actually make music, and are, you know, participating very actively in music. So that's been really exciting."
– Jolie F, Audiologist
When you choose a cochlear implant system from AB, you will be able to upgrade to better external parts, like sound processors, in the future without more surgeries. So when technology gets better, you will still be able to take advantage of it.
Compared to many other surgeries, cochlear implant surgery is simple and minimally invasive. The surgery itself typically takes two to four hours. Because it’s done with general anesthesia, you will also spend additional time in the preparation and recovery areas.
I tell my patients that even though there is a risk, the CI will always improve their life and change their life after the surgery.
"Some of my patients are also afraid that they will lose their residual hearing after the surgery. Of course, this can happen, but it's not so often. With the new surgical techniques, with robot-assisted techniques and with a good HiRes design that we have now today, it's possible to preserve hearing in most of the cases. So, I tell my patients that even though there is a risk, the CI will always improve their life and change their life after the surgery."
– Dr. Yannik Nguyen, ENT Surgeon, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital and The Hearing Institute, Paris France.
Depending on your situation and your doctor, you may go home the same day or spend the night in the hospital. Adults often return to work or typical daily activities within a few days after CI surgery. Your new CI will be activated, or “turned on,” two to four weeks after the implantation surgery, depending on how well you heal. Then, once it’s activated, you will start to hear through your new cochlear implant.
First, find out if a cochlear implant might help you by taking our candidacy quiz and speaking to a hearing health professional. From there, AB will have specialists who will answer all your questions, support you throughout implantation surgery, recovery, and activation. AB will also connect you with a mentor—someone who already hears with a cochlear implant so you can get their first-hand experience. Even after your CI is activated, our AB specialist will stay with you to make sure you get the most out of your CI with hearing training tools and resources. Further down the line, they’ll also make sure you won’t miss out on any upgrade opportunities to improve your hearing even further.
Yes, air travel is safe for people with cochlear implants. Metal detectors and security scanners should not damage the implant or sound processor. But, when you go through security metal detectors, your cochlear implant may activate the alarm. That's why it’s helpful for you to carry your “Patient Emergency Identification Card” with you at all times.
Yes! AB’s HiRes Ultra 3D Cochlear Implant is safe for up to 3.0 Tesla MRI scans without any preparation, surgery, or head bandaging. Simply take off your headpiece and sound processor before the MRI, and put them back on afterwards.
Hearing aids basically make sounds louder, but for people with more hearing loss, this may not be enough to make sounds clearer or easier to understand. Cochlear implants send sound directly to the hearing nerve, where it’s sent on to the brain.
If you feel that hearing aids are not helping you enough, cochlear implants might work better for you. Take the candidacy quiz and talk to your hearing healthcare professional to decide if cochlear implants may be the right choice to treat your hearing loss.
Unlike hearing aids, cochlear implants are often covered by Medicare and many insurance companies.* Contact your insurance company or AB’s Insurance Reimbursement Services Team at 877.779.0229 or insurance@advancedbionics.com to find out about your specific coverage. The cost of a cochlear implant will be different based on your personal health plan.
* Cochlear implants are covered for Medicare beneficiaries who meet the CMS criteria for coverage and coverage for adult Medicaid recipients varies according to state specific guidelines.
We hear best with two ears. Hearing with both ears helps us know where sounds are coming from, and understand speech better in noisy places.
Depending on their hearing care professional’s advice and healthcare coverage, people with hearing loss sometimes get both ears implanted at the same time. Others decide to get one implant first before getting another one later.
Yes! In fact, hearing with a hearing aid in one ear and a matching cochlear implant in the other ear may help you hear better in noisy places1 and help you know where sounds are coming from. AB offers a variety of solutions that, like your natural ears, work together to maximize your hearing. Talk to your hearing health professional about using matching hearing devices to help you hear your best.
Note: Advanced Bionics cochlear implants are indicated with severe to profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss (≥ 70 dB HL) and for pediatrics with profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss (≥ 90 dB HL).
Your hearing care professionals are best able to tell you if cochlear implants will help. It’s important to understand that better hearing through a cochlear implant is a process, not a quick fix. But how fast you hear better depends on three things: (1) the technology used, (2) your hearing structures, and (3) hearing training. We encourage you to speak with people who hear with cochlear implants to learn about their experiences.
They love listening to music on their phone. And then once you get them that connectivity to directly hear music, they love it.
"I actually have a lot of patients who play musical instruments, and that's been amazing to me. They're in marching bands, they're in symphony orchestras, and things like that. …They love listening to music on their phone. And then once you get them that connectivity to directly hear music, they love it. So, that's been surprising to me because for years, we were told, oh, you really can't listen to music or music isn't good. But I have a lot of patients who, not only enjoy music but actually make music, and are, you know, participating very actively in music. So that's been really exciting."
– Jolie F, Audiologist
When you choose a cochlear implant system from AB, you will be able to upgrade to better external parts, like sound processors, in the future without more surgeries. So when technology gets better, you will still be able to take advantage of it.
Compared to many other surgeries, cochlear implant surgery is simple and minimally invasive. The surgery itself typically takes two to four hours. Because it’s done with general anesthesia, you will also spend additional time in the preparation and recovery areas.
I tell my patients that even though there is a risk, the CI will always improve their life and change their life after the surgery.
"Some of my patients are also afraid that they will lose their residual hearing after the surgery. Of course, this can happen, but it's not so often. With the new surgical techniques, with robot-assisted techniques and with a good HiRes design that we have now today, it's possible to preserve hearing in most of the cases. So, I tell my patients that even though there is a risk, the CI will always improve their life and change their life after the surgery."
– Dr. Yannik Nguyen, ENT Surgeon, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital and The Hearing Institute, Paris France.
Depending on your situation and your doctor, you may go home the same day or spend the night in the hospital. Adults often return to work or typical daily activities within a few days after CI surgery. Your new CI will be activated, or “turned on,” two to four weeks after the implantation surgery, depending on how well you heal. Then, once it’s activated, you will start to hear through your new cochlear implant.
First, find out if a cochlear implant might help you by taking our candidacy quiz and speaking to a hearing health professional. From there, AB will have specialists who will answer all your questions, support you throughout implantation surgery, recovery, and activation. AB will also connect you with a mentor—someone who already hears with a cochlear implant so you can get their first-hand experience. Even after your CI is activated, our AB specialist will stay with you to make sure you get the most out of your CI with hearing training tools and resources. Further down the line, they’ll also make sure you won’t miss out on any upgrade opportunities to improve your hearing even further.
Yes, air travel is safe for people with cochlear implants. Metal detectors and security scanners should not damage the implant or sound processor. But, when you go through security metal detectors, your cochlear implant may activate the alarm. That's why it’s helpful for you to carry your “Patient Emergency Identification Card” with you at all times.
Yes! AB’s HiRes Ultra 3D Cochlear Implant is safe for up to 3.0 Tesla MRI scans without any preparation, surgery, or head bandaging. Simply take off your headpiece and sound processor before the MRI, and put them back on afterwards.
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Cochlear implants are covered for Medicare beneficiaries who meet the CMS criteria for coverage, and coverage for adult Medicaid recipients varies according to state-specific guidelines.
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Firszt JB, Koch DB, Downing M, Litvak L. (2007) Current steering creates additional pitch percepts in adult cochlear implant recipients. Otology and Neurotology, 28(5):629-636.
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Quick A, Koch DB, Osberger MJ. HiResolution with Fidelity 120 Sound Processing: Listening Benefits in CII and HiRes 90K Implant Users. Poster Presentation at the Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, July 15-20, 2007, Lake Tahoe, CA.
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Advanced Bionics. (2012) ClearVoice Clinical Results White Paper.
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White paper: Hearing Preservation Rates of Straight Electrode Arrays from a Large Cochlear Implant Center, 2023.
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Patients with Advanced Bionics implants who need an MRI scan should contact their hearing healthcare provider or Advanced Bionics for a discussion.
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May vary depending on your cochlear implant center.
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