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“I do Love this!….the BiCros” By Dr. Richard Reikowski, Au.D Family Hearing and Balance Center

I’m excited, I don’t know even how to explain it….. I’m just lucky! It’s amazing how I can hear balanced and much better within noisy areas such as restaurants. I just “hear better”.

Having had a severe hearing loss in one ear and profound to no hearing in my other ear, I didn’t realize the potential of hearing sound from my poor ear ever again. Now, my husband can whisper in my poor ear and I hear him just fine! I can sense where sounds are coming from different directions. In the past, I had to look around to search for what was making a sound. Now, it’s much better. I  can even use my poor ear, the one that has the BiCros device, on the phone. It transmits the sound received on my poor side to my better ear. What’s also so cool is that I can adjust them using my iPhone and stream music, phone calls, and videos wirelessly!

I wasn’t sure what to expect at first but It’s so true, my brain changes the sound input from both sides so it actually sounds like I’m hearing from my bad side. WOW!!

I love stories like this…. in how meaningful digital hearing aid technology can help someone reach a potential, of what was unknown. There are so many possibilities to help people to hear better, especially when the ear has such severe nerve damage.


 

 

Written by:
Rich
Published on:
October 12, 2017
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12 Comments

Categories: Balance, Blog Categories Go Here, Community Outreach, Educational, Hearing, Hearing Aids, Miscellaneous, New Technology, Patient care, Philosophy, Slider, Testimonials, Tinnitus, UncategorizedTags: American Tinnitus Association, ASHA American Speech and Hearing Association, Asymmetrical hearing loss, Audiologist, audiology, Bi-Cros, Dr. Richard S. Reikowski, ear doctor, family hearing and balance center.cardinal hearing centers, Hearing Aids, hearing doctor, Hearing in one ear, hearing loss, Hearing Testing, Ohio Academy of Audiology, Siemens BiCros, Signia BiCros, Summit County

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  1. Kristie Dannemiller-Smith

    October 12, 2017 at 3:53 pm

    This makes me so happy for that patient!!!

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    • Richard Reikowski

      October 16, 2017 at 2:53 pm

      Me 2!

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  2. Amy

    October 12, 2017 at 4:07 pm

    Wow, that’s awesome.

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    • Richard Reikowski

      October 16, 2017 at 2:53 pm

      It sure is Amy!

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  3. Jen Subotnik

    October 12, 2017 at 5:20 pm

    This is great to hear!

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    • Richard Reikowski

      October 16, 2017 at 2:54 pm

      I love to hear it too!

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  4. Marie

    October 12, 2017 at 5:41 pm

    Good story

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    • Richard Reikowski

      October 16, 2017 at 2:54 pm

      Thanks Mary!

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  5. Gail Reagan

    October 12, 2017 at 7:45 pm

    That’s wonderful!!

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    • Richard Reikowski

      October 16, 2017 at 2:54 pm

      🙂

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  6. Dale Hansen

    October 16, 2017 at 12:30 pm

    When I try to explain these concepts of hearing better to others, sometimes I need to remember one has to be there, experience it, and hear for themselves.

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    • Richard Reikowski

      October 16, 2017 at 2:55 pm

      Dale,
      Yes, to experience it for yourself is a great way to explain it to others. Especially, with topics that can be hard to comprehend!

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