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Welcome to Advanced Bionics at BCIG 2024
We’re glad you’re here.
Please browse around, learn about us, our products and services, and how we can help your team. Don’t hesitate to let us know if we can answer any questions!
We are excited to be here in Newcastle exhibiting at this year’s BCIG 2024 Annual Meeting. Join us on on exhibition stand to learn more about AB’s expanded Marvel CI portfolio, including remote programming and linked two-ear solutions.
Our Commitment to Sustainability
At Sonova and Advanced Bionics, we are committed to creating sustainable value for all our stakeholders: we continuously innovate to provide the best solutions for our customers. We enable access to hearing care for millions of people with hearing loss, invest in the development of our employees and partners, and apply eco-efficient practices across all our business activities.
Following on from the success of our cardboard exhibition stand at BCIG 2023 (that was reused at the BAA Annual Meeting and fully recycled after); we are continuing to focus our efforts on becoming more environmentally friendly and reducing our environmental impact, at conferences. You'll see, we're doing this in a number of ways at this year's BCIG 2024 Annual Meeting including:
- Sustainable event stand solutions - this year, our stand is primarily focused on using materials that can be repurposed and reused so there’s no waste. We have opted for:
- Modular wall panels, allowing us to reconfigure new stand layouts time and time again
- A build using existing wall panels, that have been used on over 40 previous stands and many more future events!
- Graphics that have been printed on recycled material, that can be used again, or fully recycled for new graphics
- Vinyl and carpet flooring that can be stored and re-used
- Supporting small, local businesses - as BCIG 2024 is hosted in Newcastle, we have chosen to use a local event stand company, not only reducing our carbon footprint, but working with a supplier that has their own practices to support the reduction of environmental impact. We have also purchased artisan chocolates from a local well-established and iconic chocolaterie, La Chocolatrice. La Chocolatrice aim to use locally sourced ingredients so their chocolates are not only ethically sourced but sustainable too.
- Eco-friendly giveaways - we've sourced reusable water bottles and bamboo phone holders which are suitable for holding mobile phones or even an iPad during a remote programming appointment.
For more information on our approach to sustainability, please visit https://www.sonova.com/en/sustainability
Marvel CI Resources
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Surgical Resources
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White Papers
About AB
Advanced Bionics is a global leader providing solutions for severe-to-profound hearing loss. For 30 years, AB has removed limitations for those otherwise isolated from the world of sound. Always focused on bringing meaningful change through innovative technology, AB has set the standard for performance, lifestyle support, and access to sound in the field of cochlear implantation. Having implanted over 100,000 ears in over 130 countries and established a track record for developing high-performing, state-of-the-art products, our team of talented scientists, engineers, audiologists and other professionals are driven to succeed, work with integrity, and stay firmly committed to quality.
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At AB, success begins with a passion for hearing restoration and is driven by our global workforce of over a thousand employees. AB is proud to be the only U.S. based manufacturer of cochlear implants and equally proud to be a part of the larger Sonova organisation. Sonova companies include brands focused on hearing aids, cochlear implants, wireless communications, and clinical service. Together, we strive to create a world where everyone enjoys the delight of hearing and lives a life without limitations.
Some Company & Product Facts
- Over 100,000 ears implanted in over 130 countries
- More than 500 patents
- 100+ partnerships with universities and clinics around the world
- Nearly 125+ peer-reviewed publications in the last 5 years and counting
- First to introduce a CI sound processor designed for children
- First to introduce CI sound processors that connects to virtually any Bluetooth-enabled device
- First to prove superior performance with ClearVoice™ sound processing, an automated feature to improve speech understanding in difficult listening environments1,2,3,4,5,6
- First to introduce a swimmable sound processor
The HiRes Ultra 3D cochlear implant has been awarded the MedTech Breakthrough Award 2019 for Best Overall Medical Device Solution
Our Products
AB is proud to be the industry leader in developing reliable, high quality, and sophisticated hearing solutions which open up the world of sound for our wearers around the world. Studies have consistently demonstrated the advantages of AB technology in areas such as speech understanding, voice discrimination, and melody recognition and enjoyment.7,8,9
Bringing the benefits of Phonak Marvel to CI wearers
Naída™ CI M sound processor offers your patients a powerful hearing experience with excellent sound quality in a variety of situations and built-in connectivity solutions. It provides effortless comfort and convenience with its ergonomically designed housing and accessories, and ultimate ease of use for staying connected throughout the day.
The world’s first CI sound processor designed with children in mind.
We want to give our children the world. Sky CI™ M gives children a powerful hearing experience, the flexibility for a growing child’s adventures, and the ultimate ease of use for staying connected with their world around them.
Making hearing care more accessible for CI patients.
AB’s new Remote Support app is not just a remote checking tool, but also allows patients to have virtual appointments using their smartphone. Besides a video chat function that allows you to meet with your patient over secure connections with end-to-end encryption, it also lets you remotely and directly adjust settings for Marvel CI sound processor and compatible Phonak hearing aid or CROS. Patients can discuss their progress, get their questions answered in real-time, and even receive full CI programming without a visit to the clinic.
Note: Remote Programming is recommended for recipients 13 years and older.
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AIM
Surgeons have no objective means of monitoring the function of the cochlea during electrode insertion. The AIM™ system can help. It uses the implant to measure electrocochleography (or ECochG) potentials generated by the inner ear and the auditory nerve in response to acoustic stimuli. This continuous and real-time measurement during electrode insertion can provide invaluable feedback to the surgeon.
HiRes Ultra 3D cochlear implant
The first-of-its-kind HiRes™ Ultra 3D Cochlear Implant’s innovative multi-magnet assembly provides alignment to a 3D MRI field, allowing adult and paediatric users to safely undergo high-resolution imaging, such as 3.0 Tesla MRIs, without any preparation, surgery or head bandaging.
Linked Two-Ear Solutions
Personalise a linked two-ear solution for the most natural way to hear with cochlear implants.
Linked two-ear solutions by Marvel are unlike any other on the market. That’s because AB and our sister company Phonak work together to create hearing devices that are designed to communicate and work together as a pair. They are built on the same technology, enabling them to share sound processing and wireless connectivity features like no other.
Only AB offers a linked two-ear solution for every CI wearer. Depending on your patients hearing loss and needs, we have the ideal solution for them.
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MARVEL CI + CROS
TWO MARVEL COCHLEAR IMPLANTS
Two Marvel CIs offer the best stereo hearing for children or adults with severe to profound hearing loss in both ears. Hearing with two cochlear implants can help patients know where sounds are coming from, understand speech better in noisy places, and make hearing less tiring.
MARVEL CI + PHONAK LINK M HEARING AID
If your patient needs a CI in one ear and a hearing aid in the other, there’s no better choice than an AB and Phonak combination. They can enjoy a better sound quality, stream phone calls and music to both ears, and even control both devices with a single button.
MARVEL CI + CROS
If your patient hears with a cochlear implant in one ear but they do not have any hearing in their other ear, they are only hearing half of the world. The CROS collects the sounds from one side and sends it to the Marvel CI on the other ear. This way, they can hear voices and sounds on both sides, and follow conversations without having to turn their head, even when it gets noisy.
For more information email info.uk@advancedbionics.com
Note: Advanced Bionics cochlear implants are indicated with severe to profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss (≥ 70 dB HL) and for paediatrics with profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss (≥ 90 dB HL).
Your Marvel CI Questions Answered
From how to clean the sound processor to how long batteries last, find helpful tips and in-depth product information here.
Scientific Evidence
As the innovation leader in the field of cochlear implants, we rely on scientific evidence to create the best possible products and programs. This is an integral part of our commitment to hearing care professionals and recipients.
Connect with Us
We're here to help
Our team is comprised of caring professionals and dedicated volunteers who provide you and your loved ones with information, education, and support for choosing, getting, and living with cochlear implants.
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References
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Advanced Bionics. (2012) ClearVoice Clinical Results White Paper.
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Haumann S, Lenarz Th, Buchner A. Speech Perception with Cochlear Implants as Measured Using a Roving-Level Adaptive Test Method. ORL 2010; 72: 312-318. September 15, 2010. doi:10.1159/000318872
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Schramm D, Pickard E, Beauregard Y, Moran L. Evaluation of the ClearVoice Strategy in Children using HiResolution Fidelity 120 Sound Processing. Poster Presentation at the 11th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Auditory Technologies, Stockholm, SE. June 30-July 3, 2010.
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Mathias, N. & Arnold, L. "Preliminary Results of the ClearVoice Evaluation in Adults," Advanced Bionics Europe, 2010.
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Alexandre GAULT(1), Drs Hans Mülder(2), Pr Paul J. GOVAERTS(3). (1) : Advanced Bionics AG – Switzerland ; (2) Phonak Communication AG – Switzerland ; (3) The Eargroup - Belgium. Dynamic FM and ClearVoice™ – Improving Speech discrimination - Technical and clinical verifications .
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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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Koch DB, Osberger MJ, Segel P, Kessler DK. (2004) HiResolution and conventional sound processing in the HiResolution Bionic Ear: using appropriate outcome measures to assess speech-recognition ability. Audiology and Neurotology, 9:214-223.
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Spahr A, Dorman MF, Loiselle LH. 2007. Performance of Patients Using Different Cochlear Implant Systems: Effects of Input Dynamic Range. Ear and Hearing. 28:260-275.
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Wolfe, J. et al. "Evaluation of Speech Recognition of Cochlear Implant Recipients Using Adaptive, Digital Remote Microphone Technology and a Speech Enhancement Sound Processing Algorithm." Journal of the American Academy of Audiology 2015 May;26(5):502-8. doi: 10.3766/jaaa.14099.
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