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Replies to "Question number 1 I am 73. I have an Osia II implant for my completely deaf..."
An Osia works by sending sound energy to the inner ear through vibrations of the skull. If your right ear has no hearing, then the Osia is sending sound from your right ear to your left ear.
As your left hearing diminishes it will have less of an ability to benefit from the vibrations being sent by the Osia. One could consider a cochlear implant instead of the Osia for the right ear (depending on the reason for the right sided hearing loss) now, or for the left ear when the hearing diminishes beyond getting benefit from the hearing aid.