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severe loss with 8% in left ear, perfectly fine right ear.
recommended aids. Looked into it and have some questions? Are they worth it?
If so are there any drawbacks to completely discreet aids like signia silk over behind the ear hearing aids. Need help with recommendations for discreet ones if possible. I currently am looking at signia silk and signia active pro, and can’t seem to make my mind.
Thanks.
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Have you ever had cochlear implant evaluation? The best benefits/cost ratio would be offered just by , assuming if it’s paid by insurance.
I am not sure if would be worth of cost. It can helps you a bit in the quiet situation when someone talks to you from your ear with CROS side, sometimes when noise is behind you. However, in case of noise on your CROS side, your speech understanding will be probably diminished until you temporarily turn off its microphones.
I am person with somewhat similar hearing loss (completely deaf one ear and 90-100% with the better ear) and I subjectively wouldn’t recommend CROS.
With CI and proper rehabilitation it is orders of magnitude better.
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If you are wanting help with localization and tinnitus relief, would be ineffective because it does not stimulate the ear with hearing loss. This being said, if your primary complaint is understand speech directed at your left side, CROS would be appropriate.
That a is poor should not eliminate a hearing aid from consideration. However, it is important to consider how the amount of distortion your inner ear is causing (suggested by your poor WRS) will affect your overall benefit. Would I expect better localization with a hearing aid? Yes. Would I expect clarity of speech? No. That speech clarity is unrealistic is a dealbreaker for some, but not others.
What I have done in the past is start with a traditional hearing aid, and if distortion or sound quality is too distracting from any hearing aid benefit, we would switch the hearing aid to the better ear and put a CROS on the poorer side.
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The talked about as well but since I am hopping countries every couple of months due to the nature of my job, getting a CI isn’t feasible for a couple of years. My insurance fully covers a hearing aid, so I was thinking might as well get them.
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In that case, as @PaulC has written, all depends if hearing aid on the poorer ear will distort/diminish your speech understanding. If not, go for it.
Acoustic stimulation of the future ear by improves chances for more effective rehabilitation after surgery.
BTW, being out of life due to CI surgery is about 1-2 week (at least in my case). I understand that in your case this is too much?
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The longer you wait, the poorer your outcomes will be. Just be aware. A hearing aid can help stimulate that auditory nerve, but it’s going to be hard to wear because if the poor sound quality.
A silk will be more occluding on your good ear than desired unless you have a pretty big ear canal.
will give access to your poor side which can help situationally and also sometimes improve neck strain if you’re always leaning in with your good side. Won’t help much in noise. Unilateral in noise often gets better help from a Roger mic.
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The said that I would need to visit the hospital for follow ups every month or so for 6+ months, which wouldn’t be possible in my case.
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When did he tell you about it? Was it before 2020? Now, almost all appointments are remote, but the first one or two are in person.
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