Cochlear Implant Pioneers and MED‑EL Founders Ingeborg and Erwin Hochmair Honoured with 2026 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
Cochlear Implant Pioneers and MED‑EL Founders Ingeborg and Erwin Hochmair Honoured with 2026 Queen Elizabeth Prize for EngineeringOne of the world’s most prestigious engineering awards recognises life‑changing medical innovationThe 2026 award honours pioneering cochlear implant technology that has transformed hundreds of thousands of livesThis achievement highlights decades of innovation at the intersection of engineering and medicineFebruary 3, 2026 – London, United Kingdom: MED‑EL celebrates a historic milestone: its founders, Ingeborg and Erwin Hochmair, have been named, together with other outstanding personalities, as Laureates of the 2026 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering—one of the world’s most prestigious honours for life‑changing technological innovation.
The 2026 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering recognises the design and development of modern neural interfaces—technologies that restore lost human functions—and the visionary engineers behind them.
Ingeborg and Erwin Hochmair are honoured alongside Graeme Clark and...