Five Cochlear Implant Pioneers Honored with Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology

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CAMBRIDGE, MASS -- Five scientists and engineers — Graeme Clark, Erwin Hochmair, Ingeborg Hochmair, Michael Merzenich, and Blake Wilson — have been jointly awarded the 2026 Richard N. Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology for developing the modern cochlear implant, the first medi

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