treatment options for single sided deafness cerritos ca
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Treatment Treatment Options For Single-Sided
Deafness
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Anyone is susceptible to Single Sided Deafness. Some individuals are born with it Deafness. Some individuals are born with it
while others experience a disease or condition such as viral or bacterial infection in the inner ear, physical damage to the ear, pressure on the hearing nerve, circulatory
system disorder, severe Menieres disease, and acoustic or brain tumors.
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The effects include:
-Difficulty attending business meetings or gatherings where more than one person is talking gatherings where more than one person is talking
-Eating at restaurants is challenging due to background noise
-Some individuals experience difficulty crossing the road or participating in hobbies such as hunting
due to the inability to localize
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In the past treatment, In the past treatment, has included
Contralateral Routing of the Signal (CROS)
hearing aids.
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More recently, the development of the development of the
Bone Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA)
has resulted in a more satisfactory
outcome for patients.
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The BAHA is a comprised sound comprised sound
processor that collects sound from
the poor ear, routes sound through the
abutment to the implant.
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Trans Ear is a non-surgical treatment
option that looks like option that looks like a custom In-the-Ear (ITE) hearing aid. However, it has a
miniature oscillator embedded in the
shell of the device.
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This oscillator makes contact with the bony
portion of the ear portion of the ear canal, transferring the signal from the poor ear to the
good ear through natural bone conduction.
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If you experience SSD, contact your SSD, contact your
physician or audiologist for more information and to determine which option is right for
you.
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