{"id":552,"date":"2018-11-21T10:30:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T18:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fueldev.site\/~oregonen\/hearing-loss\/single-sided-deafness\/"},"modified":"2018-11-28T15:24:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T23:24:09","slug":"single-sided-deafness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oregonent.com\/audiology\/hearing-loss\/single-sided-deafness\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Sided Deafness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Single sided deafness (SSD), sometimes referred\nto as unilateral hearing loss, is a condition in which an individual experiences\nhearing loss in only one ear but can hear normally out of the other ear. While\nthe majority of patients with a hearing impairment suffer from bilateral\n(two-sided) hearing loss, SSD is diagnosed in approximately 60,000 people in\nthe United States each year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no cure, and treatment can be a\nchallenge because traditional amplification devices prove less effective.\nHowever, alternative options are available for managing single sided deafness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Causes Single Sided Deafness?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

SSD can be caused by a variety of factors. One\nof the most common causes is acoustic neuroma, a benign, slow growing tumor\nthat can push against the auditory nerve and affect the ability to hear properly\nin one ear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sudden deafness \u2013 a rapid onset of hearing loss\nthat occurs with little or no warning, often following a viral infection \u2013 is\nanother condition commonly associated with SSD. Patients may fall victim to\nsudden deafness as a result of an inflammation in the cochlea that causes\npermanent damage to the hair cells responsible for hearing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Additional causes of SSD include trauma to the\nhead, genetic disorders, Meniere\u2019s disease, labyrinthitis, microtia,\nmastoiditis and even common childhood diseases such as measles and bumps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patients with SSD find understanding speech in\nthe presence of background noise especially problematic and have great\ndifficulty localizing sound (recognizing the location or origin of a sound\nsource). Sound localization depends on subtle hearing cues from two ears;\nremoving one from the equation confuses the brain. Other symptoms might include\nanxiety, stress, social isolation, dizziness, difficulty paying attention and\nspeaking loudly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Treatments for SSD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While there is no cure for single sided\ndeafness, options exist for helping patients cope with unilateral hearing.\nTraditional hearing aids don\u2019t offer much help to those suffering from SSD, but\nContralateral Routing of Signal (CROS) hearing aids can improve hearing and\nlocalization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They utilize a microphone that is placed in the\nvicinity of the impaired ear and an amplifier near the normal ear. The\nmicrophone picks up sounds and transmits them to the patient\u2019s \u201cgood\u201d ear. A\nsimilar device known as BICROS is suitable for individuals with some degree of\nhearing loss in one ear and total deafness in the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another option is a Bone Anchored Hearing Aid\n(BAHA), a surgically implanted device that uses direct bone conduction to\ntransmit sounds from the affected ear to the normal one. Vibrations in the bones\nof the ear canal and middle ear stimulate the hair cells of the cochlea,\nboosting the ability to hear. <\/p>\n\n\n

Call Oregon Ear, Nose & Throat Center<\/span> at (541) 779-7331<\/span><\/a> for more information or to schedule an appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Single sided deafness (SSD), sometimes referred to as unilateral hearing loss, is a condition in which an individual experiences hearing loss in only one ear but can hear normally out of the other ear. While the majority of patients with a hearing impairment suffer from bilateral (two-sided) hearing loss, SSD is diagnosed in approximately 60,000…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":538,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","locid":"","rating":""},"service_tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oregonent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/552"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oregonent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oregonent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oregonent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oregonent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/oregonent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/552\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oregonent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oregonent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oregonent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service_tags?post=552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}