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Treatment
Table 7. Common Issues Raised by Individuals with SSNHL
Counseling Topic Type of Counseling Suggestions
Is there anything I can do
to restore my hearing ?
Informational counseling Discuss various treatment
options and possible
outcomes.
What are the risks of
treatment?
Informational counseling Benefits and risks of
treatment options.
Will I lose hearing in my
other ear?
Personal adjustment
counseling
Advise that the risk of
SSNHL in the other ear is
very low.
Is there anything I can do
to help my hearing now
that medical therapies
are done and I still have
hearing loss?
Personal adjustment/
informational counseling
Introduce amplification
and rehabilitation options.
How will I be able to
manage with hearing in just
one ear?
Personal adjustment
counseling
Discuss support groups
such as Hearing Loss
Association of America
(HLAA).
Do I have to wear a hearing
aid?
Personal adjustment/
Informational counseling
Discuss types of hearing
aids and Contralateral
Routing of Signal
(CROS) and Bilateral
Contralateral Routing of
Sound (BiCROS) option if
appropriate.
Is there any surgery I can
have to get my hearing
back?
Informational/personal
adjustment
Discuss surgical options
(i.e. cochlear implant,
osseointegrated implant) if
a candidate.
