Take Action for Your Hearing Today: MED-EL Joins Global World Hearing Day Efforts
March 3, 2025 – Innsbruck, Austria: On World Hearing Day 2025, MED-EL joins the World Health Organization (WHO) in urging people worldwide to take charge of their hearing health. With the theme “Changing Mindsets: Empower Yourself to Make Ear and Hearing Care a Reality for All,” this year’s campaign highlights the power of awareness, prevention, and early action in safeguarding lifelong hearing.
- Lifelong Care & Prevention: Emphasizing awareness, early detection, and practical steps to protect hearing health at all ages
- Empowering Action: Promoting safe listening habits and providing access to innovative hearing solutions for improved quality of life
- Global Commitment: Advocating for regular hearing checks and advancing education around hearing care worldwide
Hearing loss is more than a medical issue – it is a global public health challenge. By 2030, over 500 million people are projected to need hearing rehabilitation. Even more alarming, over one billion young people risk permanent hearing loss due to unsafe listening habits, including excessive exposure to loud sounds from music, gaming, and recreational activities. However, many cases of hearing loss are preventable. Everyday actions – such as safe listening practices and regular hearing tests – can make a lasting difference. “Hearing health does not just happen; it is something we all need to actively protect,” says Dr Patrick D’Haese, MED-EL’s Corporate Director of Awareness and Public Affairs. “This World Hearing Day, we want to shift mindsets and encourage people to take proactive steps to protect their hearing. Whether it is simple steps like turning down the volume on our headsets, advocating for venues to be safer sound environments or accessing hearing care, the ability to hear tomorrow depends on the choices we make today.”
Everyone Plays an Active Role in Hearing Health
Hearing care is not one-size-fits-all – it is a lifelong, personal journey. As innovator of life-changing hearing solutions, MED-EL is committed to not only providing advanced auditory technology but also driving global awareness and education around hearing health. Simple, actionable steps can protect hearing and improve quality of life for all. Here are just a few examples:
- For Children: Catching hearing loss early through routine hearing screenings can help to support speech, learning, and social development. Parents should ensure regular hearing check-ups.
- For Music Lovers & Gamers: Many do not realize how recreational noise exposure affects long-term hearing health. Using earplugs at concerts, keeping headphone volumes below 60% of the maximum, and taking listening breaks can help prevent damage. Gamers can opt for noise-cancelling headphones and devices with built-in safe listening features.
- For Adults & Seniors: Hearing loss can develop gradually, often going unnoticed. Regular hearing tests, particularly after age 50, are key to early detection and intervention. Addressing hearing issues early improves quality of life and social interactions.
- For Those with Hearing Loss: Technology has transformed hearing care. Cochlear implants, hearing aids, and assistive devices provide life-changing solutions. Staying informed about available options is key to help people make the right choice for them.
Take Action Today for Better Hearing Tomorrow
This World Hearing Day, MED-EL invites individuals, families, and communities to prioritize hearing health. Start by visiting the MED-EL website to take a free online hearing test, learn about safe listening, and explore pioneering hearing solutions. Join us this World Hearing Day, March 3, 2025, to take charge of your hearing and protect one of life’s most precious gifts – hearing.
About MED-EL
MED-EL Medical Electronics, a leader in implantable hearing solutions, is driven by a mission to overcome hearing loss as a barrier to communication and quality of life. The Austrian-based, privately owned business was co-founded by industry pioneers Ingeborg and Erwin Hochmair, whose ground-breaking research led to the development of the world’s first micro-electronic multi-channel cochlear implant (CI), which was successfully implanted in 1977 and was the basis for what is known as the modern CI today. This laid the foundation for the successful growth of the company in 1990, when they hired their first employees. To date, MED-EL has more than 2,900 employees from around 90 nations and 30 locations worldwide.
The company offers the widest range of implantable and non-implantable solutions to treat all types of hearing loss, enabling people in 137 countries enjoy the gift of hearing with the help of a MED-EL device. MED-EL’s hearing solutions include cochlear and middle ear implant systems, a combined electric acoustic stimulation hearing implant system, auditory brainstem implants as well as surgical and non-surgical bone conduction devices. www.medel.com
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