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Thanks, @tinytoon31! If you're good at doing hair and have enough of it (neither of these apply to me lol), you can probably finesse it so that the device is covered. The Osia also comes with a cloth headband you can wear for working out. The band covers the device, so that might be another option if it goes with your style at all.
I'm not certain about all of the sound being transferred to the good ear. I lost all hearing on my right side and was already hard of hearing on my left side. The docs initially thought they'd implant a bone-conduction device on each side; however, they decided later that my bone-conduction scores on the right (deaf) side were too low and that the sound would just go to the left ear--I'm not certain about this information though because I had a lot of info coming at me at this time. I ended up getting the Osia only on my left side, which means I can hear great on my left side now but I'm still deaf on my right side.
It's a good thing to ask your audiologist about. I'm going to ask mine about it at my next as well--just to gain some clarity because I think I've got it confused. 🙂 If I could have a bone-conduction device installed on my right side and the sound could be picked up on the left side, I'd certainly do that. But, based on what I've seen of the Osia installation and placement requirements (there's a YouTube video about it), I'm not certain that the vibrations from the right side of my skull would be strong enough for my left ear to pick up, if that makes sense. If you get clarification from your audiologist, please share with me.