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Center for Medical Device Innovations, Inc.

Hearing Innovations
for Everyday Situations

Hearing Innovations for Everyday Situations

For over three decades, the Center for Medical Device Innovations (CMDI) team has developed hearing technologies that have reshaped an entire industry. Our inventions have inspired new categories, IPOs, and major acquisitions.

Game Changing Innovations

We design and license breakthrough hearing solutions and AI-powered wearables that transform how people connect, communicate, and experience life. Our technology empowers global brands to build innovative products that meet consumer lifestyle, design, and intelligence.

A Legacy of Breakthroughs — A Platform for the Future

A Legacy of Breakthroughs —
A Platform for the Future

Our first-of-a-kind products have reshaped an industry- From the Lyric® hearing aid — the world’s smallest and only 100% invisible, continuously worn device — to novel OTC hearing solutions. Our innovations have been featured on major media outlets including CNN, ABC News, Good Morning America, Dr. Oz Show, Popular Science and Inc. magazines.

LYRIC® Hearing Aid -- Invented and developed by Adnan Shennib and the CMDI Team.

Change the mindset

Change
the mindset

“To change the game, you must change your Mindset about consumer needs and their habits.”

– Adnan Shennib, founder of CMDI.

Full Sound With all the Highs And Lows

Clear Speech on Phone and in any Environment

Seamless Wireless Connectivity

Today's consumers are not the same as a generation ago. They now demand performance, empowerment and style. They reject traditional hearing aids which label consumers as “old” and “disabled”. Research has consistently shown that the stigma of wearing a traditional hearing aid is the greatest barrier, preventing millions from seeking hearing assitance—most people would not wear a conventional hearing aid even if it were offered for free.

Our Specialty...

01 Multidisciplinary Approach to Innovation

02 Affordable high-performance hearing devices

03 Building robust intellectual property

04 Miniature low-power hearing devices with biosensing

05 Innovations for new business models

New FDA OTC Regulations…

A Historic Opportunity

Recent changes in FDA regulations have allowed for direct consumer access to medical-grade hearing aids, without a prescription or intervention by audiologists.This regulatory change is creating unprecedented opportunities for massive market growth and new business models in hearing health care.

Your Brand, Our Brand, or a New Brand?

Let us help you build a relevant brand. . . an enduring brand. . . to connect with your target audience, increase brand awareness, create customer loyalty, and differentiate your business presence from competitors.

Our Partners

iHear Innovations Center

Silicon Valley incubator for creating advanced hearing solutions for OTC and Direct-to-Consumer markets, focusing on wearables combining superior hearing enhancement with biosensing.

SuperMem

San Diego startup creating tiny, low-power silicon solutions to enable AI and edge computing in next-generation hearing devices and wearables.

The Founder Behind the Vision

Adnan Shennib

President and Founder,
Center for Medical Device Innovations, Inc.

Silicon Valley entrepreneur with passion for medical device innovations. Holding degrees in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering. Shennib holds over 100 patents in hearing and medical devices. He was involved in creating major med tech innovations including at ReSound (IPO in 1992), InSound Medical (founder- acquired by Sonova-Phonak in 2010), iHEAR, and the Center for Medical Device Innovations, Inc.

Shennib’s innovations have been showcased on major media outlets including CNN, ABC News, Good Morning America, The Dr. Oz Show, Popular Science, and Inc. Magazines.