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What's your review of Cochlear Osia 2 System?

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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.

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@tinytoon31, I found this information online that seems to support the idea that the signal can be sent to the better hearing side:
"Bone conduction hearing system: A bone conduction or bone-anchored hearing system includes an external sound processor that attaches to a headband or a surgical implant. The sound processor picks up sound from the poorer-hearing side and sends it to the better hearing ear by bone conduction. The goal of the bone-anchored hearing system for single-sided deafness is to provide sound awareness on the poorer-hearing side. Bone-anchored hearing systems do not restore hearing in the ear with hearing loss. Instead, they allow you to be aware of sounds on the side with the non-functional ear. Bone-anchored hearing systems also do not help with ringing in the ear or sound localization but may be a good option particularly when a cochlear implant is not an option."

Source: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21625-unilateral-hearing-loss-single-sided-deafness

Now I'm going to have to see about getting something on my right side! 🙂

oh I see. so you don have the bone conduction Osia? but the cochlea implant? I think I've gotten confused with the different types but yet similar names for it...