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Child Having Hearing Problem From Birth In The Left Ear. Doctor Suggested Surgery. Is There A Chance She Will Not Be Able To Hear From Right Hear Also After Surgery?

MY DAUGHTER 11 YRS OLD SUFFERING FROM PROFOUND HEARING LOSS IN LEFT EAR.(may be by birth)
I.M FROM KOLKATA .
Can she continue in 1 ear?
is their any chance of loosing hearing of the right ear due to not using any hearing aid
any doctor in kolkata who has operaated baha
appx costs of baha bp-100 device, operation (package)and hospital name in kolkata
Fri, 24 May 2013
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Hi,

Your daughter must be suffering from a conductive or mixed hearing loss in one ear and must have been advised a Bone Anchored Hearing Aid surgery. The disadvantages of having only one functioning ear is that the child may not be able to have good speech discrimination and may miss some sounds; also the child may not be able to exactly localize the direction from where the sound is produced. BAHA will help in better language development. BAHA will be successful in patients who have undergone rigorous audiological pre selection process. As you have asked for a second opinion, Dr. Anirban Biswas from Kolkata is a renowned authority in the area of deafness management. You may visit him for an advise.

Regards,
Sreenivasan
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Child Having Hearing Problem From Birth In The Left Ear. Doctor Suggested Surgery. Is There A Chance She Will Not Be Able To Hear From Right Hear Also After Surgery?

Hi, Your daughter must be suffering from a conductive or mixed hearing loss in one ear and must have been advised a Bone Anchored Hearing Aid surgery. The disadvantages of having only one functioning ear is that the child may not be able to have good speech discrimination and may miss some sounds; also the child may not be able to exactly localize the direction from where the sound is produced. BAHA will help in better language development. BAHA will be successful in patients who have undergone rigorous audiological pre selection process. As you have asked for a second opinion, Dr. Anirban Biswas from Kolkata is a renowned authority in the area of deafness management. You may visit him for an advise. Regards, Sreenivasan