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Very deaf on one side but I prefer not to wear a hearing aid. Could say that I'm a little relieved.

• navbaker 3y ago
  I am almost completely deaf on my right side, having lost hearing in two separate episodes. The first only took the upper frequencies, so I was able to wear an in-ear hearing aid to compensate. I absolutely hated wearing it and eventually stopped and just made do. When I lost the rest of the hearing, then I was a candidate for a bone anchored hearing aid and that is a completely different beast. I can wear it all day with zero discomfort since the processor sits behind and above my ear and there’s nothing in my ear. If you still have bone conduction function, for sure ask your audiologist about it!
  • abdullahkhalids 3y ago
    If by any chance this was an Over The Counter brand bone-anchored hearing aid, can you specify which it is? I have a family member who is quite annoyed by his in-ear aid.
    • navbaker 3y ago
      Sorry, it was not. There’s an internal component that you get implanted that takes the sound from the processor and sends it through the skull to your ear. The brand is a Cochlear Osia 2