{"id":2915,"date":"2025-12-21T11:53:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T11:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspiringcanadians.com\/?p=2915"},"modified":"2025-12-21T11:53:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T11:53:53","slug":"press-release-young-inventors-wanted-med-els-ideasforears-2026-contest-opens-the-door-to-the-future-of-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiringcanadians.com\/fr\/2025\/12\/21\/press-release-young-inventors-wanted-med-els-ideasforears-2026-contest-opens-the-door-to-the-future-of-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Communiqu\u00e9 de presse : Jeunes inventeurs recherch\u00e9s : le concours IDEASforEARS 2026 de MED-EL ouvre la voie \u00e0 l&#039;avenir de l&#039;audition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>9 novembre 2025 \u2013 (Innsbruck, Autriche) : Toute grande id\u00e9e na\u00eet de la curiosit\u00e9, et parfois, m\u00eame les plus jeunes esprits peuvent imaginer de nouvelles fa\u00e7ons d&#039;am\u00e9liorer le quotidien des personnes malentendantes. MED-EL, leader mondial de l&#039;innovation en mati\u00e8re d&#039;implants auditifs, invite les jeunes visionnaires de 6 \u00e0 12 ans \u00e0 participer au concours IDEASforEARS 2026. Ce d\u00e9fi international permet aux enfants d&#039;imaginer des solutions cr\u00e9atives susceptibles de changer la vie des personnes malentendantes, prouvant ainsi que l&#039;\u00e2ge n&#039;est pas un obstacle pour faire la diff\u00e9rence.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lanc\u00e9e \u00e0 l&#039;occasion de la Journ\u00e9e mondiale des inventeurs, IDEASforEARS est bien plus qu&#039;un concours\u00a0: c&#039;est une plateforme qui encourage la curiosit\u00e9, l&#039;empathie et l&#039;audace intellectuelle. Les enfants du monde entier sont invit\u00e9s \u00e0 soumettre leurs id\u00e9es sous la forme de leur choix\u00a0: croquis, maquettes, vid\u00e9os, r\u00e9cits\u2026 Leur seule limite\u00a0? Leur imagination. En participant, les enfants d\u00e9couvrent l&#039;impact de la perte auditive et le pouvoir de leur cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9 pour susciter un v\u00e9ritable changement dans le monde.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2917\" src=\"https:\/\/inspiringcanadians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/I4E-2025-d2-394.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inspiringcanadians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/I4E-2025-d2-394.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/inspiringcanadians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/I4E-2025-d2-394-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inspiringcanadians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/I4E-2025-d2-394-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/inspiringcanadians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/I4E-2025-d2-394-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/inspiringcanadians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/I4E-2025-d2-394-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/inspiringcanadians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/I4E-2025-d2-394-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Un mouvement qui transcende les fronti\u00e8res<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Derri\u00e8re chaque id\u00e9e se cache une histoire\u00a0: le d\u00e9sir d\u2019un enfant d\u2019aider les autres \u00e0 entendre le monde qui les entoure. Depuis son lancement en 2017, IDEASforEARS a rassembl\u00e9 plus de 1\u00a0700 enfants de plus de 45 pays, chacun apportant sa vision unique au d\u00e9fi. Ce concours est devenu une plateforme mondiale de sensibilisation \u00e0 la sant\u00e9 auditive et d\u2019inspiration pour la prochaine g\u00e9n\u00e9ration de personnes capables de r\u00e9soudre des probl\u00e8mes.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Voix de l&#039;inspiration<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IDEASforEARS trouve son origine dans la vision de Geoffrey Ball, inventeur, innovateur et pr\u00e9sident du jury du concours. Devenu sourd d\u00e8s son plus jeune \u00e2ge, Geoffrey a invent\u00e9 l&#039;implant d&#039;oreille moyenne VIBRANT SOUNDBRIDGE, recouvrant ainsi son audition et r\u00e9volutionnant le domaine. Fort de plus de 100 brevets, Geoffrey sait d&#039;exp\u00e9rience ce que signifie transformer un d\u00e9fi en une avanc\u00e9e majeure. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c\u00a0IDEASforEARS, c\u2019est le point de rencontre entre l\u2019imagination et l\u2019impact\u00a0\u201d, d\u00e9clare Geoffrey Ball, directeur technique de Vibrant, une division de MED-EL. \u201c\u00a0J\u2019ai consacr\u00e9 ma vie \u00e0 transformer des id\u00e9es audacieuses en technologies concr\u00e8tes, et je sais que les meilleures id\u00e9es viennent souvent d\u2019enfants qui per\u00e7oivent le monde diff\u00e9remment. Ce concours vise \u00e0 leur donner la parole, \u00e0 leur permettre de s\u2019exprimer et \u00e0 leur montrer que leur cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9 peut changer des vies. Alors, si vous avez une id\u00e9e, aussi farfelue soit-elle, poursuivez-la. C\u2019est ainsi que na\u00eet l\u2019innovation.\u00a0\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jennifer Robinson, directrice corporative de la gestion des produits pour les solutions auditives chez MED-EL, ajoute\u00a0: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c\u00a0IDEASforEARS donne aux enfants la possibilit\u00e9 de contribuer \u00e0 fa\u00e7onner l\u2019avenir des technologies auditives. Chaque ann\u00e9e, nous sommes \u00e9merveill\u00e9s par leur cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9 et leur empathie. Leurs perspectives novatrices nous aident \u00e0 repenser le champ des possibles, et nous sommes fiers de soutenir leurs id\u00e9es.\u00a0\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Quand la technologie rencontre la cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pour la troisi\u00e8me ann\u00e9e cons\u00e9cutive, MED-EL est fier de collaborer avec Microsoft en tant que partenaire technologique officiel d&#039;IDEASforEARS. Ce partenariat apporte des outils de pointe au concours, permettant aux jeunes inventeurs de communiquer, de cr\u00e9er et d&#039;\u00e9changer par-del\u00e0 les langues et les fronti\u00e8res. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la traduction simultan\u00e9e, aux contenus interactifs et aux fonctionnalit\u00e9s d&#039;accessibilit\u00e9 offertes par la technologie Microsoft, l&#039;exp\u00e9rience du concours devient encore plus inclusive et inspirante pour les enfants malentendants.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Rendre l&#039;invisible visible<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La perte auditive est un obstacle invisible qui touche des millions de personnes sans qu&#039;elles le remarquent ni ne le comprennent imm\u00e9diatement. IDEASforEARS contribue \u00e0 mettre en lumi\u00e8re ce probl\u00e8me m\u00e9connu en encourageant les enfants \u00e0 explorer et \u00e0 comprendre le v\u00e9cu des personnes malentendantes. Partout dans le monde, des \u00e9coles int\u00e8grent ce concours \u00e0 leurs programmes scolaires, l&#039;utilisant comme un moyen cr\u00e9atif de sensibiliser et d&#039;ouvrir le dialogue sur la sant\u00e9 auditive. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 leurs id\u00e9es, les enfants contribuent \u00e0 rendre la perte auditive visible et incitent \u00e0 agir.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Une opportunit\u00e9 qui change la vie<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MED-EL encourage les parents, les enseignants et les mentors \u00e0 soutenir les enfants dans cette aventure extraordinaire. Les laur\u00e9ats verront leurs id\u00e9es mises \u00e0 l&#039;honneur et remporteront un voyage unique \u00e0 Innsbruck, en Autriche, berceau de la recherche et du d\u00e9veloppement de pointe de MED-EL. Tous les d\u00e9tails et les modalit\u00e9s de participation sont disponibles sur le site IDEASforEARS. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ideasforears.medel.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">site web<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. La date limite de soumission est le 17 janvier 2026 (minuit, heure d&#039;Europe centrale).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pour d\u00e9couvrir la cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9 et l&#039;impact des concours pr\u00e9c\u00e9dents, rendez-vous sur le site IDEASforEARS. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IDEASforEARScontest\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">page Facebook<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Pour des histoires, des actualit\u00e9s et de l&#039;inspiration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2918\" src=\"https:\/\/inspiringcanadians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IfE-2025-1146.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1667\" height=\"2500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inspiringcanadians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IfE-2025-1146.jpg 1667w, https:\/\/inspiringcanadians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IfE-2025-1146-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/inspiringcanadians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IfE-2025-1146-687x1030.jpg 687w, https:\/\/inspiringcanadians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IfE-2025-1146-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/inspiringcanadians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IfE-2025-1146-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inspiringcanadians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IfE-2025-1146-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/inspiringcanadians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IfE-2025-1146-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/inspiringcanadians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IfE-2025-1146-1000x1500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/inspiringcanadians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IfE-2025-1146-470x705.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1667px) 100vw, 1667px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Notes aux r\u00e9dacteurs\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00c0 propos de la perte auditive<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plus de 5% des plus grands du monde <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La population mondiale \u2013 soit 466 millions de personnes \u2013 souffre d&#039;une d\u00e9ficience auditive invalidante (432 millions d&#039;adultes et 34 millions d&#039;enfants). On estime que d&#039;ici 2050, plus de 900 millions de personnes \u2013 soit une personne sur dix \u2013 seront atteintes d&#039;une d\u00e9ficience auditive invalidante. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/deafness-and-hearing-loss\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organisation Mondiale de la Sant\u00e9<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Elle recommande toute une s\u00e9rie d&#039;interventions pour am\u00e9liorer la communication une fois la perte auditive survenue, notamment les implants auditifs.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>\u00c0 propos de MED-EL\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MED-EL Medical Electronics, leader des solutions auditives implantables, a pour mission de lever les obstacles \u00e0 la communication et \u00e0 la qualit\u00e9 de vie li\u00e9s \u00e0 la perte auditive. Cette entreprise autrichienne, \u00e0 capital priv\u00e9, a \u00e9t\u00e9 cofond\u00e9e par les pionniers du secteur, Ingeborg et Erwin Hochmair, dont les recherches novatrices ont permis de d\u00e9velopper le premier implant cochl\u00e9aire (IC) micro\u00e9lectronique multicanal au monde. Implant\u00e9 avec succ\u00e8s en 1977, cet implant a jet\u00e9 les bases de l&#039;IC moderne. Cette avanc\u00e9e a permis \u00e0 l&#039;entreprise de conna\u00eetre une croissance florissante d\u00e8s 1990, ann\u00e9e o\u00f9 elle a recrut\u00e9 ses premiers employ\u00e9s. Aujourd&#039;hui, MED-EL emploie plus de 3\u00a0000 personnes de pr\u00e8s de 90 nationalit\u00e9s et r\u00e9parties sur 30 sites \u00e0 travers le monde.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L&#039;entreprise propose la gamme la plus compl\u00e8te de solutions implantables et non implantables pour traiter tous les types de perte auditive, permettant ainsi \u00e0 des personnes dans 139 pays de profiter du don de l&#039;audition gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 un appareil MED-EL. Les solutions auditives MED-EL comprennent des syst\u00e8mes d&#039;implants cochl\u00e9aires et d&#039;oreille moyenne, un syst\u00e8me d&#039;implant auditif combinant stimulation \u00e9lectro-acoustique, des implants auditifs du tronc c\u00e9r\u00e9bral ainsi que des appareils \u00e0 conduction osseuse, avec ou sans intervention chirurgicale. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.medel.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.medel.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anthea Mulhall\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coordonnatrice marketing, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anthea.mulhall@medel.com<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 9, 2025 \u2013 (Innsbruck, Austria): Every great idea starts with curiosity \u2013 and sometimes, even the youngest minds can imagine new ways to make life easier for people with hearing loss. 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