I'm glad to hear you had a good recovery. Maybe you can look into the the BAHA (bone anchored hearing aid). I lost hearing too and you do get used to it
over time. How is your good ear? Mine is very good so I get by fine.
If and when the hearing deteriotates in your good ear you can always get a basic hearing aid. There are folks that are profoundly deaf in both ears and get just one cochlear implant. All you really need for a cochlear implant is one intact hearing nerve. Only those that are profoundly deaf in BOTH ears are CI candidates. If you had middle fossa surgery you would be a candidate for a cochlear implant right off the bat because the hearing nerve is spared in every case but doctors would never implant one because you have good "natural" hearing in the opposite ear. There are possible serious side affects of the CI surgery too. That's not an option. Many people lose hearing in one ear. Some as children like Rob Lowe for example. When asked about it in a interview he stated that he really doesn't give it much thought. It hasn't held him back but he would have loved to experience surround sound stereo
. He never had devices implanted because he doesn't feel the need. Some people that are completely deaf have two CI's but there are plenty that have one because it gets the job done not to mention they run about $25k each. One healthy ear will do fine in most cases but there are those times that your reminded. My advice would be to give it a little more time because your brain learns to adapt. It wouldn't hurt to look into the BAHA implant in the near future. I think you'll be fine with or without. The Baha implant feeds off of your good ear. There is much discussion on this forum regarding the BAHA and folks that have it seem to appreciate the difference. Personally, I wouldn't mind trying one out just to see what it's like. Hope this helps.
