A Bilateral hearing loss is where a person has a hearing impairment in both ears. When someone has a loss in only one ear, it is known as a Unilateral hearing loss.
It is recommended that people with a Bilateral loss wear a hearing aid in both ears. Wearing only one aid will not give the [...]

Unilateral hearing loss (UHL) is also known as Single Sided Deafness (SSD) - it is where a person has normal hearing in one ear but an impairment in the other.
People suffering UHL will have difficulty hearing and understanding speech in noisy situations and they will find it difficult to localise sound.
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Cochlear implants, introduced 20 years ago, have given 83,000 people the ability to hear human speech; they are worn by people who are either severely hard of hearing or profoundly deaf.
Surgeons drill a hole in the skull, embed a sound receiver, and weave an electrode array into the cochlea. Once the hardware is in place, [...]

Be careful not to have your hearing aids turned up too much and put excessive strain on your ears.
If you find yourself wincing at loud noises while wearing your hearing aids, if you start to get ringing in your ears, or if your ears hurt then you should see your audiologist and get them to [...]

If you are thinking about buying a hearing aid, it’s good to do a bit of market research to find out what’s available. After all, hearing aids are expensive items and you want to do everything you can to make sure you purchase the right one for you.
When you visit a hearing aid vendor / [...]