Lobby organisation
MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH
Company · Health & pharma · HQ: Austria · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH appears in 7 declared MEP meetings (7 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.
In their own words
“Austria-based MED-EL is a leading provider of hearing implant systems with 32 subsidiaries worldwide. The family-owned business is one of the pioneers in the industry. The two Austrian scientists Ingeborg and Erwin Hochmair developed the world’s first microelectronic-multichannel Cochlear-Implant in 1977. The cochlear implant was and remains the first replacement of a human sense, the sense of hearing.”
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“In 1990 they laid the foundation for the successful growth of the company when they hired their first employees. To date, the company has grown to more than 3.000 employees around the world. Today MED-EL offers the widest range of implantable solutions worldwide to treat various degrees of hearing loss: cochlear and middle ear implant systems, EAS (combined Electric Acoustic Stimulation), auditory brainstem implants, and the world´s first active bone conduction implant. People in more than 137 countries enjoy the gift of hearing with MED-EL […]”
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Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 7 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2026). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.
Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.
The MEPs they meet most
The 7 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Sep 2026 | Günther Sidl | General Exchange of Views |
| 17 Jul 2026 | Sophia Kircher | EU Digital Policy |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Alex Agius Saliba | Hearing loss technology and disability |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Adam Jarubas | Wsparcie dla osób niesłyszących i niedosłyszących w UE |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Andrzej Buła | Artificial intelligence in medical devices facilitating inclusion of deaf people |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Katrin Langensiepen | European Hearing Health Strategy |
| 5 May 2020 | Sirpa Pietikäinen | Healthcare : hearing loss |
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