I wore a bi-cross hearing aid for several years. That was my first experience with hearing aids. That was in the late 70s. Back then there was a wire running behind my head from side to side to connect the transmitter to the receiver on the side I heard on. Today, bi-cross aids are wireless. So, yes, I was only hearing in one ear, but it gave me the ability to pick up sound on the unaided side. I had been told that my 'usable hearing on that side was nil', so was not worth aiding. In 2005 I received a cochlear implant on that 'deaf' side. It has given me binaural hearing. It has been a miracle. My loss is sensorineural, most likely noise induced but with a genetic tendency. Turned out the problem was in the cochlea/inner ear. The auditory nerve was functional. It was not being stimulated so sound wasn't getting to the brain for interpretation. Have you considered a cochlear implant?

Ken / Julie what helps when you are a passenger in a vehicle. I have profound hearing loss, my left ear is pretty much deaf so I listen with the 20% in my right ear. My audiologist has suggested the cross over hearing aids and was thinking of giving them a try but at $3,000 an aid I have held off until just recently thinking of them again. I like the microphone portion of the Starkey aid that could help in a vehicle.?