Can Cochlear Implants Receive Auracast Broadcasts?

Summary

MED-EL's explanation of how users of its audio processors can receive Auracast through an add-on receiver.

Key findings

• In the section on using AudioLink devices to receive broadcasts, MED-EL describes an accessory route for SONNET, SONNET 2, SONNET 3 and RONDO 3 cochlear-implant processors: a third-party Auracast receiver connected to AudioLink or AudioLink XT with a cable and adapter from the AudioLink Cable Kit. It does not map each processor to an AudioLink generation or explicitly rule out built-in Auracast reception.
• Names one third-party transceiver as its preferred option; choosing a broadcast and entering the password for an encrypted broadcast are done in that receiver's app.
• Says MFi and ASHA remain the most common protocols for streaming to hearing aids and that Auracast is still in the early stages of introduction.

Limits

A manufacturer blog post from April 2025. It gives no timeline for built-in Auracast and reports no testing of the add-on route (latency, range or sound quality).

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blog.medel.com/technology/can-cochlear-implants-receive-auracast-broadcasts

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Cited in

• Which hearing devices can receive which systems?Open
• How many receivers and neckloops does each code require, and how should a loan pool be run?Partly answered
• How many listeners carry a telecoil, an Auracast-capable device or a smartphone?Disputed
• What reaches a cochlear implant user in a venue, and how well?Partly answered

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