Children's Use of CROS Hearing Aids

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• Ten children with unilateral hearing loss, aged 7 to 17 years, who were fit with contralateral routing of signal (CROS) hearing aids were followed up for three years to assess the suitability of this type of hearing aid fitting on children. The determination of the success of the fitting was based on follow-up visits, chart review, and response to a questionnaire sent to the parents. The fitting was considered to be successful if the child accepted the aid and if parents and teachers observed substantial improvement in academic performance and/or social behavior. Seven children were considered to be successful users of their CROS aids; one was unavailable for follow-up; one did better with a BICROS aid; and one did not do well with amplification. Our experience suggests that children with unilateral hearing loss can benefit from CROS amplification. (Arch Otolaryngol 103:712-716, 1977)

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