Yes, it is possible.
I am deaf in my right ear… and I have “cros hearing aids.” I have to wear a hearing aid in both ears. The one in my deaf ear simply receives any sound coming in on that side and transmits it into the hearing aid on my good ear. I still have no sense of direction and usually can’t tell where sound is coming from… but I can actually hear someone whispering in my deaf ear (even though I’m really hearing it in my good ear). It’s pretty cool… though it’s not the greatest in noisy environments. One other disadvantage is it uses hearing aid molds in both ears, which does block some of the sound on my good ear from getting in… and I have to increase the volume on the microphone on my good ear’s hearing aid to make sure I’m hearing everything on both sides.
Someone did try to convince me to try something called a bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA implant). It was too invasive for my liking, but from what I understand it is something that is implanted behind your deaf ear and allows sound to be conducted through the bone rather than through the middle ear (”direct bone conduction”). I think it still transmits the sound to your good ear, but it supposedly feels like you’re hearing in your deaf ear.
dremadagwa on April 30th, 2009
no it is nerve related