Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is your hearing loss in one ear? How many decibels and what frequency? You should go to a hearing loss forum instead of posting here. There are specific hearing aids for a unilateral loss.

That’s good to know. My audiologist never mentioned that certain hearing aids work better for unilateral loss. I’ll keep that in mind as I search.

I’ll look for a different audiology practice at some point.

OP

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?

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

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP I hope you have seen someone about the hearing loss in one ear. When I had hearing loss in one ear, it was due to an acoustic neuroma that I had to have surgically removed.

I’m sorry you had that. Did the hearing return after the neuroma was removed?

Yes, I’ve had the hearing loss for a while and had the MRI to test for stroke, neuroma, etc.

OP

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.

That sucks. I’m sorry.

OP

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is your hearing loss in one ear? How many decibels and what frequency? You should go to a hearing loss forum instead of posting here. There are specific hearing aids for a unilateral loss.

Agree. Basic Costco aids do little more than amplify. For some losses, that’s not helpful.
You might want to look into CROS for single-sided heating loss.

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP I hope you have seen someone about the hearing loss in one ear. When I had hearing loss in one ear, it was due to an acoustic neuroma that I had to have surgically removed.

I’m sorry you had that. Did the hearing return after the neuroma was removed?

Yes, I’ve had the hearing loss for a while and had the MRI to test for stroke, neuroma, etc.

OP

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.

Phonak CROS

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is your hearing loss in one ear? How many decibels and what frequency? You should go to a hearing loss forum instead of posting here. There are specific hearing aids for a unilateral loss.

That’s good to know. My audiologist never mentioned that certain hearing aids work better for unilateral loss. I’ll keep that in mind as I search.

I’ll look for a different audiology practice at some point.

OP

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?