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2020年7月27日—WhatisCROS?TheacronymstandsforContralateralRoutingofSignals.WithaCROSsystem,youwearhearingaidsonbothears,eventhough ...

Contributed by Temma Ehrenfeld Last updated January 11, 20242024-01-11T00:00:00-06:00[1]

CROS hearing aids are specialized hearing aids that are developed specifically for people with unilateral hearing loss[2], or hearing loss in one ear. The acronym stands for Contralateral Routing of Signals.

With a CROS hearing system, you wear a transmitter on the "bad" ear that picks up sound. On the "good" ear, you wear a receiver and a microphone. They deliver the transmitted sound from your bad ear into your good ear.

This system gets rid of an auditory problem known as the “head shadow” effect.

Incoming sound on the side of your bad ear is blocked and distorted by your head. It cant reach your good ear. Audiologists call this the “head-shadow effect." It tends to affect consonants more than vow...