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navbaker on April 15, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Reversing hearing loss with regenerative therapy

I've had two bouts of SSNL, both in the right ear. The first only took my high end frequencies, so a hearing aid did work, but the second just about flatlined my hearing in that ear, so the hearing aid only gives the results you're referencing. I have a date for surgery to implant a bone-conducting hearing aid next month, it should hopefully restore hearing from that side. Definitely talk to your ENT about that option, the processor mounts magnetically (no cochlear implant style port in your head), so you can get away from the feeling of a hearing aid plugging up your ear!

gedy on April 15, 2022 [–]

Thanks, I thought bone conducting still depended on the damaged hairs in ear for transferring to nerves though?

navbaker on April 15, 2022 | [–]

It does, but as long as you have a functioning inner ear on one side, the bone conduction will transmit sound to that side.

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