Selecting the right cochlear implant system for you or your child is an important, life-changing decision. For something as critical as your ability to hear, you want the company that provides the best in quality, performance, and service.
From top technology, superior sound processing, and innovative products designed for all ages and lifestyles, to world-class customer service and support, AB is the clear choice for a lifetime of hearing your best.
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The Advantages of Choosing AB
Give yourself or your child the opportunity to benefit from AB’s unique advantages:
- Real-world performance for better hearing in every situation and particularly in noisy environments and while listening to music.
- Superior sound processing, including HiRes Fidelity 120*, AutoSound and ClearVoice*, designed to to provide real-world performance for hearing speech in challenging listening environments and enjoying the intricacies of music.
- Sophisticated, upgradeable technology; as technology advances, so does your hearing - without the need for surgery.
- Flexible wearing options and a full line of accessories that allow you to wear and customize your sound processor in the way that best suits your lifestyle. Placed at the entrance to the ear canal, AB’s T-Mic MicrophoneTM takes advantage of the outer ear’s natural sound-collecting abilities and allows recipients to use phones just like their normal-hearing peers.
- Unwavering commitment from AB including standing behind our products and outstanding customer service to support you every step of the way on your journey to hearing.
- Community support through the Bionic Ear Association, a valuable network of hearing health professionals and dedicated volunteers who provide answers and connect you with services.
- AB partnership with Phonak, a world leader in hearing instruments, that aims to deliver more technological innovations that continue to improve you or your child’s hearing.
*Not approved for pediatric patients in the United States.
Top Technology for Best Hearing Performance
Throughout the past two decades, AB has consistently made the industry's leading technology advancements, including superior temporal resolution, spectral resolution, dynamic range, and stimulation flexibility - all designed to make hearing with a cochlear implant the most like normal hearing. AB leads the industry with a track record of performance innovation in:
- Sound Processing Technology: Cutting-edge technologies such as HiRes Fidelity 120TM*, AutoSoundTM, and ClearVoiceTM* are designed to make it easier for you or your child to hear speech in noisy settings and enjoy music.
- Implant Technology: AB’s HiRes 90KTM implant is the most sophisticated implant available, with nearly unlimited ways to deliver stimulation.
- Upgradeable Technology: You or your child will benefit from the most advanced internal technology today and external upgradeability for the future so that your hearing advances as the technology does - without the need for surgery.
- Microphone Technology: Only AB’s T-MicTM microphone is placed at the opening of the ear for highly focused, more natural hearing.
- Connectivity Technology: AB’s products and accessories, including the T-Mic, built-in T-Coil, iConnectTM, and DirectConnectTM, have been developed to keep you or your child connected to the latest consumer electronics and communications systems, such as cell phones, Bluetooth headsets, FM systems, inductive-loop systems, and MP3 players.
*Not approved for pediatric patients in the United States.
Superior Sound Processing for Best Hearing Performance
AB’s sound processing features the most advanced, cutting-edge technology designed to ensure that you or your child hear your best no matter where the world of hearing takes you: in noise, in the classroom, while listening to music, or in challenging hearing environments where sound levels are continually rising and falling.
- HiRes Fidelity 120TM* delivers five times more spectral resolution (120 spectral bands) than any other cochlear implant system to help you or your child hear more details in speech, music, and more.
- AutoSoundTM automatically adjusts volume levels in any environment to optimize hearing, so you or your child can concentrate on listening instead of constantly adjusting the volume.
- Wide Input Dynamic Range is designed to help you or your child hear soft speech, speech in noise, and the details and complexities of music.
- ClearVoiceTM* automatically analyzes and adapts to every listening situation to separate speech from surrounding noise for improved understanding and more confident conversations for you or your child.
*Not approved for pediatric patients in the United States.
Most Flexible Wearing & Styling Options
AB offers flexible wearing options to suit every age and lifestyle. For those who want to customize the look of their sound processor, AB also offers a variety of accessories to express your personality.
- Three Distinct Wearing Options: Choose from all-on-the-ear, some-on-the-ear, or nothing-on-the-ear options to fit your life and your style.
- Customization Accessories: AB offers a full line of high-quality accessories to help you customize the look of your sound processor, from accenting your style with color caps, covers and exciting Skinit® designs to concealing your processor with colors that blend and match your hair and skin.
Unwavering Commitment and Service
When you choose AB, you or your child will benefit from a lifelong partner that will be there every step of the way on your entire journey to hearing.
AB stands behind our products with comprehensive warranties. And should you ever have a problem, AB’s friendly and extremely knowledgeable customer service team is here to help you or your child stay connected to the world of hearing.
The Gold Standard in Customer Service
AB's qualified support team is the industry’s finest. These highly trained staff members are experts on cochlear implant systems and troubleshooting, well-equipped to address your needs and meet your expectations with a wide range of important services, including:
- Answering your questions on hearing, cochlear implant technology, and insurance reimbursement
- Finding a cochlear implant clinic near you
- Sending you information
- Putting you in touch with helpful associations and organizations
- Offering 24/7 access to AB's online Webstore
- Providing phone, live chat, and paging accessibility
- Troubleshooting technical issues
Community for Support
AB created the Bionic Ear Association (BEA) to help you on your journey to hearing. Composed of a dedicated network of hearing health professionals and volunteer recipients, the BEA offers important support services to help you Hear and Be Heard:
- HearningJourney.com, a friendly online community, where you can chat with recipients to learn more about the journey into hearing.
- The Listening Room, an online resource that provides you or your child with a foundation of interactive practice activities to improve your listening skills so that communicating with others is a successful experience.
- Scheduled events, information, and an eLearning library with interactive learning modules and materials designed to fit you or your child’s educational needs.
The Clear Leader in Technology Innovation
AB leads the industry in innovating the most sophisticated, cutting-edge technology for the best possible hearing experience. A side-by-side comparison with the leading competition reveals AB as the clear choice for better hearing for you or your child.
Committed to the Future of Hearing Innovations
When AB and Phonak joined forces under the Sonova Group, the hearing industry changed forever.
AB is an industry leader in designing and manufacturing the most advanced, high-performing cochlear implant systems. Phonak has established industry standards on the way to becoming the world market leader in hearing instruments.
Together, AB and Phonak are on their way to making the journey into sound even more rewarding for you or your child, with smaller processors, advanced upgrades, and revolutionary technology to usher in a whole new era for hearing with cochlear implants.
“The Bionic Ear appeared to offer more potential for being upgraded in the future as new and better coding strategies and software became available so that I could conceivably have more and better hearing.”
Cole Hears Voices and Music in the Real World
“Our family is loving this journey to hearing with Cole and incredibly thankful for the technology Advanced Bionics has developed so that our son can hear our voices and even music, since it is such an integral part of our family’s life!”
— John and Danice Burdett, parents of Cole, bilaterally implanted at 15 months
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