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Question number 1
I am 73. I have an Osia II implant for my completely deaf right ear. Hearing in my left ear is diminishing fast even with a hearing aid. Should I consider a Cochlear implant in the future for my left ear, and how well would that work with my existing Osia in the right?

Question number 2
If I sleep on my left side for several days, I wake up with vertigo, but digestive issues would dictate sleeping on my left side. I can get rid of the vertigo with the Epley, but my question is this. Can crystals be trained to enable me to sleep on my left side without the vertigo? I sleep like a baby on my side, but I cannot go to sleep on my back. I always take forever to fall asleep that way, then wake up after a couple of hours wide awake. It is a dilemma. So, to address my issue, can crystals be trained to remain in place for certain positions or am I just stuck forever avoiding the left tilt of my body. I know this sounds like a dumb question, and it may not even make sense, but I was hoping someone would be able to explain since it affects my quality of life.

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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.