Client Profile

Cochlear is a global medical devices company that helps people to “Hear now. And always.”

Across the world, over 200 million people have a significant hearing loss. Most people with significant hearing loss receive little or no benefit from a traditional hearing aid. This means millions of people live in a world of silence. Cochlear researches, develops and markets implantable medical devices which provide a solution to significant hearing loss.

Our products mean people who once lived in a world of silence, can live in a world of sound.

Key Company Information

• Cochlear specialises in implantable hearing devices.
• Cochlear’s current product range includes:
  • Cochlear implant, which is implanted into the inner ear through surgery;
  • Hybrid implant, combines Cochlear technology and traditional hearing aid technology;
  • Baha, a bone anchored hearing implant which is surgically implanted onto the skull;
  • Vistafix, facial prosthesis products
• Cochlear products are designed to last a lifetime without needing surgical replacement.
• While, the number of people who receive a Cochlear implant is increasing, even more people are born deaf or go deaf each year. This means that the market for Cochlear’s products is growing.

Cochlear – a global success story

• Cochlear has been a world leader in hearing device implants for over 25 years:
  • We are market leaders, retaining a 70% global market share;
    • We have had double digit growth for many years, including during the 2009 financial year, despite unprecedented global turmoil.
• Cochlear employs over 2000 people across the world. Our head office and manufacturing operations are based in Australia. Our distribution and marketing is focused on three regions:
  • Americas;
  • Europe;
  • Asia Pacific

Cochlear Asia Pacific

• Cochlear Asia Pacific
  • Our strategic vision is to deliver profitable sustainable growth through a focus on implantable solutions for the hearing impaired.
  • We support customers and hearing professionals in more than twenty countries in the Asia Pacific region.
  • We have staff based in Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Korea and India.
  • Cochlear Asia Pacific is rapidly growing and is a business with tremendous variety and challenges for a range of professionals.

For further information, please visit www.cochlear.com