At the heart of the OPUS speech processors is a powerful, custom designed microchip offering advanced sound processing capabilities for better hearing performance. The sophisticated electronics supports FineHearing™*, MED-EL's breakthrough technology aimed at providing users clearer, more detailed sound information - for exceptional hearing experience in all listening situations.
The OPUS speech processors offer two coding strategies: new Fine Structure Processing (FSP) coding strategy and high definition continuous interleaved sampling (HD-CIS). Both of these coding strategies use the industry-leading Hilbert transform in order to provide the best sound resolution available.
FineHearing
FineHearing technology was developed to provide cochlear implant users the fine details of sound for a richer, more detailed hearing experience.
Automatic Sound Management
The Automatic Sound Management technology ensures that both soft and loud sounds are heard clearly and comfortably in all listening situations.
Remarkable Sound Quality
The ultimate benchmark for a speech
processor is how well it captures and relays sound in coordination
with the cochlear implant.
* The safety and effectiveness of the FSP speech coding strategy has not been established in pre-lingually deaf children. The FSP strategy should only be used by CI users with at least 6 months experience with the CIS+ or HD-CIS programming options, and who have the cognitive ability to choose among the speech coding strategy options provided in the MAESTRO 2.0.1 software. All other cochlear implant patients should be fit with CIS+ or HD-CIS programming options.
Speech Processors 
