Nucleus Freedom Reliability
Nucleus® Freedom™ is the most reliable implant EVER designed
For more than 20 years, Cochlear has delivered the most reliable devices. Each new generation of Nucleus implants has been more reliable than the last, and Nucleus Freedom is no exception. Our 18 month Cumulative Survival Rate (CSR) data demonstrate that Freedom is the most reliable device EVER designed by any manufacturer.1
The graphs below show how the Nucleus Freedom device compares in reliability to the other cochlear implant manufacturers.
Nucleus Freedom vs. Advanced Bionics 90K
After 18 months (1.5 years), 1 out of 1000 Nucleus Freedom devices stopped working; while 1 out of 27 Advanced Bionics 90K devices stopped working.
To give the difference perspective: imagine two large rooms with 1000 people in each room. Room 1 is all Nucleus Freedom recipients. Out of that entire room, only 1 person will have a failed device after 18 months (1.5 years). Room 2 is Advanced Bioinics recipients. In this room 27 people will have a failed device after one year.
Med-El’s Pulsar CI 100 one-year CSR data is unavailable. But we do know their two-year data shows a CSR of 99.52% (Med-El’s website as of 3/15/06), which makes the Nucleus Freedom 5 times more reliable at 18 months (1.5 years) than the Med-El system is at 2 years.
Providing the highest quality, most reliable products is our top priority. Our commitment to quality begins when our engineers sit at their drawing boards to design quality products, continues through our closely monitored manufacturing processes, and through our communications to the market about the reliability of our products. Our responsibility does not stop once a recipient has undergone surgery. We are committed to continuously improving the functionality, capability and reliability of our products. We are also committed to consistent and forthright communication about issues affecting those who depend on their Nucleus implants every day.
* Cumulative Survival Rate (CSR), a standard indicator of the likelihood of the device functioning, as it was designed to, after a given period of use.
1 Data on File: Nucleus Report, June, 2006 Freedom Data;AB HiRes90K data from June, 2006 Reliability Repot; MED-EL 2 year CSR March 2006 website