I finished CyberKnife on 12/9/13 and I'm not finally moving forward with a hearing aid. I was initially considering the CROS but during my hearing aid evaluation the audiologist gave me a little test....she raised the decible rating in my left ear (my AN side) to 80 db, and left the right ear alone. I tested 100% of the word recognition score when she did this. She suggested I try just a single aid in my bad ear, hoping that I will achieve a more natural feel by having the sound actually be processed in the correct ear. She also thought this could assist with my tinnitus, as my brain could then hear the missing sounds and not try to recreate them on their own. This does make some sense to me. She recommended the Phonak (edit - Phonak Naida Q) which can be converted to CROS later on if needed. I'm going to give it a try, get to pick it up on 2/11, will try it for 2 weeks on it's on, then she will convert to CROS with a demo model she has in her office so that I can so what the differences are. The best part about this is that cost savings would be about $1800 by not having to by the second receiver. I'll be sure to report back, this obviously wouldn't work for Translab patients who have total hearing loss, but I have moderate loss and it might be a good solution for me until the time when (if) I lose the rest of my hearing.
As an aside - I love the color pink. when it came time to chose colors of the shell, I went with Transparent purple (they dont' have pink). The audiologist was thrilled, said I was only the 2nd person to order a fun color from her. I told her I have been waiting over a year to get my aid and if I'm gonna wear it, I will wear it proud!
Becky
