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At Cochlear,
hearing is our passion
Cochlear is the global leader
in implantable hearing solutions
for the hearing impaired.
Cochlear’s promise is ‘Hear now.
And always’ – to provide recipients
with the best possible hearing and
support for the rest of their lives.
Around the world, more people chose a Cochlearbranded
hearing implant system than any other.
Our employees tell us that the number one
reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the
opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives.
Over 400,000 people, across more than
100 countries, now hear because of Cochlear.
Cochlear develops a range of products including
cochlear implants, bone conduction implants and
acoustic implants, which address different types of
hearing loss. Whether these hearing solutions were
implanted today or many years ago, Cochlear
guarantees that new technologies and innovations
are available to its recipients.
The company invests over $100 million each
year in research and development and currently
participates in over
100 collaborative research programs worldwide.
Today, Cochlear is a global company with
principal manufacturing facilities in Australia,
Sweden, Belgium and the United States.
Cochlear has its global headquarters on campus
at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, and
has regional headquarters in Asia Pacific, Europe
and the Americas. Cochlear has direct operations
in 20 countries and around 2,700 employees.
In Australia, Cochlear has manufacturing
facilities at Macquarie University and Lane Cove
in NSW and in Newstead, QLD. We have
world-class research operations in Sydney and
Melbourne. We have global corporate offices
at Macquarie University campus to support our
growing global business.
To build partnerships with leading researchers in
the field of hearing health care we are a strategic
partner in the Australia Hearing Hub. Here we work
with leading health care providers and academic
researchers.
We have also developed state of the art clinical
and surgical training facilities so that we can help
more people around the world benefit from hearing
technology.
In a new initiative Cochlear also operates the
Cochlear Care Centre in Melbourne to help our
customers get the best hearing outcomes from their
implantable hearing solutions.
Interested in learning more about Cochlear?
Please take a look at the Cochlear Autumn School
of Engineering for students in Year 11 and Year 12.
We have a mission
We help people to hear and be heard. We
1 empower people to connect with others and
live full lives. We help transform the way people
understand and treat hearing loss. We innovate
and bring to market a range of implantable hearing
solutions that deliver a lifetime of hearing outcomes.
Our promise
Our brand promise is Hear Now. And Always.
2 We have a commitment to help people achieve
a lifetime of hearing.
We have strong values
To be the leading global company in your
3 field you need to know what you stand for
and stand by what you know. We exist to help
our customers ‘Hear now. And always’. We value
customer satisfaction, professionalism, mutual
respect and continuous improvement. All so that
we can perform at our best and help people with
hearing loss perform at their best.
We are unique in Australia
Cochlear is an iconic success story in
4 Australia. Cochlear is the shining example
of how Australian innovation can lead the world.
We do world-class R&D right here in Australia.
We manufacture high-technology products right
here in Australia and we export them to the world.
And we manage our global operations from right
here in Australia.
We embrace quality
Before we can sell our products we need
5 approval from government agencies around
the world. They ask us to show that we have
control over the quality of our products and
the processes we use. This means we do have
procedures and rules for how we do our work.
And it’s for a very good reason. It’s all to ensure
that we can deliver lifetime hearing to our
customers.
We encourage science,
technology, engineering and
maths in Australia
Cochlear sponsors the Cochlear Autumn
6 School of Engineering to provide Year 11
and Year 12 students with real insight into career
opportunities in engineering. The Cochlear
Foundation is a sponsor of the National Youth
Science Forum. The Summer Student Program
for engineering students in their second-last year
of University study is the pathway to a graduate
engineering career at Cochlear.
We do real work with real
meaning
Highly skilled engineers and scientists at
7 Cochlear get to do complex, technical and
interesting work. And they have the satisfaction of
knowing that it helps people to hear and be heard.
At Cochlear, stimulating work is just the beginning.
We grow by helping our
people grow
To deliver new products and services for
8 people with hearing loss we need to keep
looking for new and better ways to do things.
We can only improve if our people learn new
skills and develop new ways of working that
haven’t been before. Our growth really is our
people’s growth.
We want you to be the best
you can be
We value helping our customers achieve the
9 best they can be. We value the health and
wellbeing of our customers. And we want exactly
the same for our employees. We provide flexible
work. We don’t ask people to work around the
clock. We don’t put on dinners at work because
we believe people should be spending time with
those they hold dear. We incentivise our people
to take leave and empower them to look after their
own health.
We provide benefits for
individuals
Our Cochlear Advantage benefits program
10 provides our people with access to support,
services and discounts so that they can find
something that suits their personal needs.
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