Conductive hearing loss – hearing aids or bone conduction implant?
Hiall,
I have conductive hearing loss in both ears and have attached my audiogram.
Left: moderate loss, around 45–60 dB HL
Right: severe to profound loss, around 75–100 dB HL
My bone-conduction thresholds are much better, so there is a large air–bone gap.
Has anyone with similar hearing loss had good results with powerful hearing aids, especially for the right ear? Or would a bone-conduction implant such as Osia, BAHA or Ponto generally work better?
A few things I’m trying to understand are:
How clear is speech understanding with powerful hearing aids versus bone-conduction implants?
Can a hearing aid provide enough usable speech on the right side with this level of loss?
3.Does bone conduction make speech sound clearer because it bypasses the middle ear?
Would really appreciate any experiences or advice, especially from anyone who has faced a similar choice between powerful hearing aids and bone-conduction implants.