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.
September 11, 2012
Unilateral Hearing Loss and CROS Hearing Aid
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