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Delay in return of hearing?

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alabamajane:
You are right Paul, the more you wear a BAHA processor,, the more your brain  learns  to hear with it.

That is precisely why the doctor will tell the patient to wear it all day every day right from the beginning to retrain the brain in hearing from that side. That is the reason most of us will get the BAHA,, to get some hearing back on SSD side. No, it’s not the same as your previous “normal” hearing,, you can’t get that back with anything once you lose it pretreatment or post treatment or no treatment. But that it no reason for some folks not to try to enhance hearing.

As a BAHA wearer, I feel qualified to express an opinion,,

Jane

ANSydney:
Just read the Cochlear BAHA and Widex CROS websites and there is no mention of achieving directional hearing. You would think that if directional hearing was even mildly achievable, that Cochlear and Widex would be mentioning it.

PaulW:
I don't think the directionality is that good that they would want to be advertising it.
Its more that you brain does learn whether noises are coming from your BAHA/CROS or are natural.
Some people definitely have some sense of direction. They will be the first to admit that it is poor and nothing like real hearing.
 

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