Meet inventor Hleb

Watch the full video to meet Hleb, ideas4ears winner from Belarus!

In our ideas4ears children’s invention contest we asked the next generation of inventors to use their creativity to come up with solutions for people living with hearing loss. The contest is organized by MED-EL (Global innovation leader in hearing loss solutions).

Overall, 341 children worldwide participated from 19 different countries and from these entries the top 9 invention ideas were chosen.

Hleb (7) is a young inventor with not one, but multiple ideas to help people living with hearing loss. He invented a Viking Helmet to protect his device. Hleb is also a talented singer and treated us to a performance with his mother Svetlana while in Innsbruck.

ideas4ears, which searches for the next generation of inventors of hearing technology, grand prize included a two-day winners’ trip to Innsbruck, Austria to provide the children and their families with the unique opportunity to tour the production facility and meet MED-EL’s many inventors.

Impressions from the trip of a lifetime!

Глеб со своей мамой Светланой и доктором Ингеборг Хохмайер, основателем компании «MED-EL».

Глеб показывает своё изобретение – шлем викинга.

Визит в Научный Центр «Audioversum» в Инсбруке, Австрия.

Глеб представляет иллюстрации своего изобретения во время мероприятия

Innovation – the basis for cochlear implant progress

Innovation is essential when exploring ways to improve the lives of those with hearing loss and the ideas4ears competition has raised awareness of the benefits of hearing technology.

Whilst celebrating children’s creativity, ideas4ears aimed to engage parents to participate in an interactive activity with their children to improve the whole family’s understanding of the challenges associated with hearing loss and deafness as well as the benefits of treatment.

If you are worried about the hearing loss of a family member or for your own hearing loss, take the free hearing test here or contact ideas4ears@medel.com to receive a free information package on hearing and the solutions available.

Alternatively, you can contact your local MED-EL clinic to speak with our caring staff who can advise you about the hearing services available in your area.

For more information on the contest, visit: www.ideas4ears.org/meet-the-inventors/ and www.facebook.com/ideas4ears.