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			var content_array=["<p><strong>About MED-EL<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>MED-EL Medical Electronics is a leading provider of hearing implant systems worldwide. The company was founded by Austrian scientists and industry pioneers Ingeborg and Erwin Hochmair, who together developed the world's first microelectronic, multichannel cochlear implant in 1977. In 1990, they laid the foundation for the successful growth of the company when they hired their first employees. To date, the privately held company now has more than 1,500 employees around the world.<\/p>\r\n<p>The cochlear implant was and remains the first replacement of a human sense, the sense of hearing. Today, MED-EL offers the widest range of implantable solutions worldwide to treat the various degrees of hearing loss, including cochlear, middle ear and bone conduction implant systems as well as a system for combined electric and acoustic stimulation.<\/p>\r\n<p>MED-EL's mission is to overcome hearing loss as a barrier to communication and quality of life. Individuals in approximately 100 countries enjoy the gift of hearing with a MED-EL Hearing Implant System. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.medel.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.medel.com<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Picture is available via epa european pressphoto agency (<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.eu\/\" target='_blank'>http:\/\/www.epa.eu\/<\/a><\/a>) and can be downloaded free of charge at: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.presseportal.de\/pm\/62623\/med-el?keygroup=bild\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.presseportal.de\/pm\/62623\/med-el?keygroup=bild<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>CONTACT:<\/p>\r\n<p>Thomas Herrmann<br \/> MED-EL Medical Electronics<br \/> Furstenweg 77a<br \/> A - 6020 Innsbruck<br \/> T: +43(0)512-28-88-89-182<br \/> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:press@medel.com\" target=\"_blank\">press@medel.com<\/a><\/p>"];
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