Cochlear is the Company with the Best Long-Term Implant Reliability Record¹

For more than 27 years, Cochlear has delivered the most reliable cochlear implants. Each new generation of Nucleus Implants has been more reliable than the last. Cochlear’s 5 year implant reliability data demonstrates that Nucleus Freedom™ is still the most reliable cochlear implant on the market.¹ You can expect a Nucleus Cochlear Implant to last longer on average than a cochlear implant from other manufacturers.

The Cochlear Nucleus 5 System featuring the Cochlear Nucleus CI512 Cochlear Implant is built on this record of reliability. Created in close collaboration with surgeons all over the world, the results are a stronger thinner titanium implant. We will continue our tradition of transparency by publishing updated data on our implant reliability as they become available.

Nucleus Cochlear Implants are proven #1 in reliability in independent clinical studies ^2-4

Three recent independent clinical studies conclude that Nucleus Implants are the industry’s most reliable on the market. These studies include the records of over 17,000 patients at 30 leading cochlear implant centers and were published in reputable medical journals (See figure 1).

Figure 1

For 27 years, Nucleus has set the industry standard for reliability
Cochlear is the only manufacturer in which each generation of cochlear implant is more reliable than the last.¹ Just looking at current reliability statistics on a cochlear implant manufacturer's newest implant does not tell the whole story.

The importance of reliability

• Lessens the risk of another surgery because a device has stopped working
• Lessens the risk of not hearing for weeks while waiting for a replacement implant and activation
• Lessens the risk of a child not hearing for weeks and falling behind in school

Nucleus Implants Reliability Combined Adult/Child Data as of 30 June 2009

1. Five year data from each of the manufacturer’s most recent reliability report
   • Publication: Nucleus Reliability Report, Vol. 7, June 2009
   • Publication: Advanced Bionics - Auditory Reliability Report, Summer 2009
   • MED-EL Website October 2009
2. Battmer RD et al. A multi-centre study of device failure in European cochlear implant centres. Ear Hear 2007 Apr;28(2 Suppl):95S-99S
3. Cullen RD et al. Revision cochlear implant surgery in children. Otol Neurotol 2008;29(2):
4. Battmer RD et al. A review of device failure in more than 23 years of clinical experience of a cochlear implant program with more than 3,400 implantees. Otol Neurotol 2009 Jun;30(4):455-63
5. The Cochlear Implants produced by Advanced Bionics and Med-El referenced in the reliability studies were found to be ‘X’ times more likely to fail than the Nucleus Implants produced by Cochlear.