Wait, what?!!!! You need to go to a different audiologist! You need a cros hearing aid: CROS stands for “Contralateral Routing of Signal”. A CROS system consists of two parts i. the CROS device with a microphone to pick up sounds and voices from the unaidable ear and wirelessly transmit them to the hearing aid ii. the hearing aid to receive the signal from the unaidable ear and play it to your hearing ear Do you have a copy of your audiogram? What decibels numbers can you hear/ where do the X’s /O’s pass through and at what frequencies? |
Anyone have Widex?
I wear Signias. Supposedly they are top of the line, but they have never been good for me. One sounds good, but it isn't enough. When I add these second it makes everything sound completely different. Very sharp. But with the other it is much more normal sounding. If I just wear the bad one I can't hear due to everything being so sharp (for lack of a better word.) Anyway, I have heard that Widex has better full range of sound. My hearing loss is classic cookie bit, with upper and lower ranges nearly normal with middle ranges down to mid-level loss. |
Phonak CROS |
No, unfortunately removing the neuroma involved severing the acoustic nerve, resulting in permanent deafness in that ear. What's really great is that I have tinnitus in my deaf ear, don't even ask me how that is possible, lol. |
This is one hundred percent untrue. Costco hearing aids are the same devices that are sold through audiology offices. Costco may not stock this year's absolute top-of-the-line, but they are last year's top. They are not Eargo, Bose or other over-the-counter aid. Quit spreading inaccurate information whether it is intentional or you "heard" it (i.e., made it up all on your own) somewhere. |
That sucks. I’m sorry. OP |
Gosh, I’m shocked that my audiologist did not mention CROS to me. When I look for a new one, I’ll ask if they have successfully helped patients with unilateral hearing loss. I’d rather not share my audiogram data here. OP |