Treatment Treatment Options For Single-Sided

Deafness

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.

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

In the past treatment, In the past treatment, has included

Contralateral Routing of the Signal (CROS)

hearing aids.

More recently, the development of the development of the

Bone Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA)

has resulted in a more satisfactory

outcome for patients.

The BAHA is a comprised sound comprised sound

processor that collects sound from

the poor ear, routes sound through the

abutment to the implant.

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.

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.

If you experience SSD, contact your SSD, contact your

physician or audiologist for more information and to determine which option is right for

you.