MED-EL’s highly advanced I100 electronics platform provides implant users access to the most sophisticated sound coding strategies available – today and in the future.
100% On-Chip Design
All electronic components are contained on a single custom-designed microchip. This ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) microchip allows a greater amount of information to be processed while keeping energy requirements to a minimum.
Power Efficient
The I100 electronics are specifically designed for high power efficiency. This results in exceptionally long battery life without compromising performance even in individual cases with high power requirements.
Precision Stimulation
24 independent current sources ensure highly precise, high-rate stimulation over the entire length of the cochlea. Research shows that an optimized stimulation rate causes the auditory nerve to behave as in the normal hearing process. I100 electronics mimics this process (stochastic behaviour) by stimulating at rates that are shown to elicit stochastic behavior in the auditory nerve.