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50,000+ AB cochlear implant wearers worldwide
AB’s Marvel CI offers more ways to hear than any other cochlear implant system
Made for clarity, comfort, ease of use, and reliability
Advanced technology, compatible with Phonak Hearing aids
Overcome the Limitations of Hearing Aids
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Covered by Medicare, Medicaid & Many Private Insurance Plans
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Only US-based CI company

100,000+
Ears implanted 

130+
Countries

500+
Patents

100+
Partnerships with universities and clinics 


Steps to get a cochlear implant1

Steps to get a cochlear implant11

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  1. Cochlear Implant evaluation by a hearing care professional
  1. Insurance Approval
  1. Surgery
  1. Start hearing with your cochlear implant
  1. Continued hearing training and improvement
  1. Cochlear Implant evaluation by a hearing care professional
  1. Insurance Approval
  1. Surgery
  1. Start hearing with your cochlear implant
  1. Continued hearing training and improvement

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

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 Insurance10

 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 MRI11

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 lossMild to moderateSevere to profound
How it worksMakes sounds louderSend sound signals directly to hearing nerve
CostsUsually not covered by insuranceOften covered by insurance
SurgeryNoYes
Hearing training recommendedYesYes

Hearing Aids vs Cochlear Implants

 

Hearing Aid

Cochlear Implant

Hearing lossMild to moderateSevere to profound
How it worksMakes sounds louderSend sound signals directly to hearing nerve
CostsUsually not covered by insuranceOften covered by insurance
SurgeryNoYes
Hearing training recommendedYesYes

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

Sky CI Marvel Colors


Customer Stories: Why They Choose Us


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

Cochlear implants may be better than hearing aids for people with significant hearing loss. Unlike hearing aids, which make sounds louder, cochlear implants send sounds directly to your hearing nerve so they can be heard clearly. 


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.


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.


Cochlear implants may be better than hearing aids for people with significant hearing loss. Unlike hearing aids, which make sounds louder, cochlear implants send sounds directly to your hearing nerve so they can be heard clearly. 


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 places10 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.



  1. May vary depending on your cochlear implant center.

  2. Francis HW, Chee N, Yeagle J, Cheng A, Niparko JK. Impact of cochlear implants on the functional health status of older adults. Laryngoscope. 2002 Aug;112(8 Pt 1): 1482-8. doi: 9.1097/00005537-200208000-0028. PMID: 1217226.

  3. Krabbe PF, Hinderink JB, van den Broek P. The effect of cochlear im­plant use in postlingually deaf adults. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2000 Summer; 16(3):864-73. doi: 10.1017/s0266462300102132.PMID: 11028141.

  4. Sousa AF, Couto MIV, Martinho-Carvalho AC. Quality of life and cochlear im­plant: results in adults with postlingual hearing loss. Braz J Otorhinolarngol. 2018 Jul-Aug:84(4):494-499. doi:10.1016/j.bjorl.2017.06.005.Epub 2017 Jul 5. PMID: 28728951.

  5. Clinkard D, Barbic S, Amoodi H, Shipp D, Lin V. The economic and societal benefits of adult cochlear implant implantation: A pilot ex­ploratory study. Cochlear Implant Int. 2015 Jul; 16(4): 181-5. doi: 10.1179/1754762814Y.0000000096.Epub 2014 Sep 19. PMID 25237848.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. Advanced Bionics. (2012) ClearVoice Clinical Results White Paper.

  9. White paper: Hearing Preservation Rates of Straight Electrode Arrays from a Large Cochlear Implant Center, 2023.

  10. 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.

  11. Patients with Advanced Bionics implants who need an MRI scan should contact their hearing healthcare provider or Advanced Bionics for a discussion.

  12. Data on file: D000033020