Ingeborg Hochmair received the prestigious Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for her pioneering work in the development of cochlear implants. This award is one of the most respected in the medical field.

Ingeborg Hochmair was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Munich in recognition of her exceptional achievements in the field of biomedical engineering.

Ingeborg Hochmair, along with three other individuals, received the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering for the creation and development of the cochlear implant. This global engineering prize recognizes groundbreaking innovations that have had a global impact on humanity.