WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. (FOX 9) - A Minnesota-based medical device company is on the verge of transforming how hearing is improved.

Envoy Medical's journey began decades ago as St. Croix Medical. Brent Lucas, the CEO, shared that the company was founded by an audiologist frustrated with traditional hearing aids. The company, now known as Envoy Medical, is making waves with its fully implanted hearing devices, Esteem and Acclaim, which differ from typical hearing aids and cochlear implants.

A new type of hearing aid

Patient Perspective:

The devices are unique because they don't rely on traditional microphones. Instead, they use the ear itself, allowing both devices to be completely implanted.

Craig Eggert, the first recipient of the Acclaim implant in October 2022, expressed initial

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