Nucleus® implants
Cochlear has a range of implants and electrodes for your type of hearing loss and cochlea anatomy. Discover what sets Nucleus® implants apart.

What you'll find on this page
- The Nucleus Profile™ Plus Implant.
- How we design Cochlear™ Nucleus implants.
- The importance of reliability.
Cochlear Nucleus implants
We design Cochlear Nucleus implants to give you your best possible hearing performance for today and for the future.
Our industry leading cochlear implants are based on more than 35 years of research and innovation. Our devices are designed to suit the unique anatomy of your ear and give you your best possible hearing outcomes.
"I chose Cochlear because they have a very strong track record for making the newer technologies available to prior generation implants."
- Oscar H, father of Chris, Cochlear Nucleus recipient, USA
The Nucleus Profile™ Plus Implant
With the Nucleus Profile Plus Implant, you can have a routine 1.5 T MRI or high-definition 3.0 T MRI without removing its magnet. This means no additional surgery, no need to wear a bandage in the MRI machine, no waiting for your scan and, most importantly, no unnecessary time without sound.*
The Profile Plus Implant is built on the most reliable and thinnest implant platform18 in the world with a flexible coil designed to better fit the natural shape of your head. Its sleek, streamlined shape offers a more discreet appearance than other, thicker devices.
Learn more about MRI compatibility.
Nucleus Profile Plus Implant with Slim Modiolar Electrode
Designed for hearing performance
Our precision implants and electrodes are designed to give you your best possible hearing performance – even in challenging listening situations.
Only Cochlear offers a thin, perimodiolar electrode with a shape that’s designed to fit the natural spiral of your inner ear. The Slim Modiolar Electrode* sits close to the hearing nerve, which means it can deliver electrical stimulation to the hearing nerve more precisely3-6 and efficiently.7,8
Studies show this leads to better hearing outcomes, including improved speech recognition and understanding in both quiet and noisy environments.9-13
*The Slim Modiolar Electrode is the intracochlear electrode portion of the Cochlear™ Nucleus® Profile™ Plus and Profile Series Implants CI632 and CI532.
Unmatched reliability you can trust
When you’re deciding on a hearing implant for yourself or your child, we understand you want the best – for today and over time.
We meet and report against the independent global standards for implant reliability, publishing data for every implant generation, past and present.14-17
So, when you choose a Cochlear Nucleus implant, you can trust that you’ve chosen the most reliable in the world.18-20
Discover the importance of implant reliability.
The world's most chosen implants
With more than 410,000 registered Cochlear Nucleus Implants worldwide, when you choose Cochlear, you’re joining the largest community of cochlear implant recipients in the world.18-21