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Envoy Medical Esteem Fully Implanted Hearing System
Also known as: Esteem, Esteem Totally Implantable Hearing System, FI-AMEI
Envoy Medical
Company
Envoy Medical
Program Type
Device
Modality
Active Middle Ear Implant
Stage
Marketed
Status
Marketed
Target Gene
—
Route / Mode
Fully implantable middle-ear device
Confidence
97%
Status Confidence
Status confirmed
Evidence Strength
Strong evidence
Last Reviewed
2026-06-10
Geography
United States, selected global markets
Population
adult, moderate-severe, post-lingual, active-middle-ear-implant, fully-implantable-hearing-device
Trial IDs
0
Mechanism
A totally implanted active middle-ear hearing system that uses the ear's natural anatomy and an internal electromechanical transducer without an external processor.
Indications
Notes
The only FDA-approved fully implanted active middle-ear hearing device and therefore strategically significant despite a smaller commercial footprint than mainstream hearing aids. Classified under bone-conduction/middle-ear taxonomy because Esteem is an active middle-ear implant, not a cochlear implant.
Evidence & Sources
3 structured sourcesKey Events
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