September 11, 2012

Unilateral Hearing Loss and CROS Hearing Aid

Some people experience unilateral hearing loss, or hearing loss in just one of their ears.  Dr. Jacqueline Olson and her patient Brian Register talk about the solutions with a CROS hearing aid on another segment of First Coast Living.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-wMCHsmr9Y

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