I have only ever worn a hearing aid in my left ear for 30+ years as my right ear is not of much use. I am now looking at getting a device for my right ear which in turn will send sound to me left. I have recently been looking at CROS hearing aids but now also looking at just getting a hearing aid for my left ear and then a device such as a Roger Mic to do something similar to a CROS hearing aid. Would anybody recommend this?
The reason I was looking at getting a CROS is to be able to hear people from right side, which I struggle with, especially in noisy environments and also quiet places.
There is not much on the market with regards to CROS (ITE). There are a few BTE but these seem to be older models. I also feel I won’t need CROS all the time and the Roger Mic would give added functionality.
@TBOX Hi have a phonak bi cros and I started off in a similar position to you i had a single aid and found it was not great in all situations. The single aid is good for streaming or quiet situations with the possibility of mic use as well. I find that the cros is much better as you get a bit more sense of direction and a better sense of what is going on around you where as with a single hearing aid and microphone you really have to point it at the person you want to hear unless you are thinking of something like a roger on / select or table mic. I personally thinking the bi cros is better than something like the partnermic or clip on mic as if you move to far away or the person who has the mic moves away say to the bar etc you have trouble of the mic disconnecting.I don’t have any experience with the other things I’ve mentioned but others maybe able to inform you on them but my opinion is you may get more from the cros than a single aid as in my opinion the partnermic and older clip on mic with neckloop don’t offer that much functionality as someone either has to wear them or be holding them. you can make some adjustments to the partnermic with the app to change how much background noise you get. With the clip on you need the neckloop and you can’t connect it to the app so all you can do is adjust the volume via the neckloop it also requires t coil for the older clip on mic and neck loop.
I switched to a bicros about a year ago after about 14 years of wearing HAs and it has been a better experience for me. I can hear things on my right side better and it has made an improvment in my WR. I am happy i made the switch ymmv.
Comments on CROS units that haven’t been brought up in this thread is the battery use is a lot higher. Rechargeable doesn’t make it through the day. Go disposable battery in this case.
