Oticon · CROS / BiCROS for single-sided deafness
The Oticon CROS is not a standalone hearing aid — it is a small transmitter worn on your poorer ear that wirelessly sends sound across to an Oticon hearing aid on your better ear. It is made for single-sided deafness: when one ear has little or no usable hearing that a normal aid cannot help, and the other ear still hears well.
Most hearing aids amplify sound in the ear that wears them. The CROS is different. It solves a specific problem — sound arriving on your "dead" side that you simply never hear — by carrying that sound over to the ear that still works. Here is what it is, in plain terms.
The CROS transmitter sits on your poorer ear in a discreet behind-the-ear / receiver-in-canal style, matched to the Oticon aid on your better ear. From the outside it looks like a pair of hearing aids, but only one of them is amplifying.
The CROS unit does not make sound louder in your poor ear. It captures speech and sound on that side and streams it, ear to ear, to your working ear — so a voice on your bad side reaches you instead of being lost.
There is no separate power tier to choose on the CROS itself. The amplification is done by the Oticon hearing aid on your better ear, and its power level is set to your audiogram. The right partner aid is decided at your hearing test.
This generation of the Oticon CROS typically runs on a small disposable battery rather than a built-in rechargeable cell. Your audiologist will show you the size and how to change it at handover.
The Oticon CROS was designed to pair with Oticon's Opn and Opn S hearing aids using their ear-to-ear wireless link. Phone streaming, calls and the Oticon app come from that partner Opn / Opn S aid, not from the CROS transmitter itself.
The headline benefit: you stop missing your weak side. In a car, a meeting or a restaurant, a person sitting on your poor side is heard clearly on your good side — the situations where single-sided deafness is most tiring.
A CROS is a targeted solution, not a general hearing aid. It helps a specific pattern of hearing very well, and is the wrong choice for others. Your free hearing test is what settles this — the badge on the device never does.
One ear has near-total or unaidable hearing loss, and your other ear hears normally or close to it. The CROS carries sound from the dead side to the good ear so conversation is no longer one-sided.
If your better ear also has some hearing loss, it wears a full Oticon hearing aid that both amplifies for that ear and receives the streamed sound from the poor side. This set-up is called BiCROS.
If you constantly reposition yourself so people sit on your "good" side, or you miss half a car conversation, a CROS is built for exactly those moments.
If both ears have usable hearing, two ordinary hearing aids usually serve you better. And for some single-sided deafness cases a bone-conduction device or a cochlear implant may be more suitable — that is a medical decision from your test, with an ENT referral where needed. A hearing aid or CROS manages hearing loss; it does not cure it.
The Oticon CROS is an older model, tied to the Opn / Opn S generation, and is likely superseded or discontinued. Because of that we will not quote you a figure off a page that may be out of date. Call us on +91 94296 90093 and we will tell you honestly whether the original Oticon CROS is still available for you, or point you to the current-generation equivalent. A CROS is chosen for your hearing pattern, not the badge — Prudent is brand-neutral and also fits current CROS / BiCROS systems from other makers (Phonak, Signia and others) alongside Oticon's newer platforms, so you are never stuck with a discontinued line. Whatever we fit, hearing aids are GST-exempt in India, you get up to 30-50% off the manufacturer's MRP, and 0% EMI is available so the cost can be spread monthly.
Rather than guess, we check live stock and warranty on your behalf. If the original CROS is gone, we show you the nearest current option instead of pushing old inventory.
Hearing aids, including a CROS set-up, are exempt from GST in India. The price you discuss is the price — no tax added on top.
You pay up to 30-50% below the manufacturer's MRP, and 0% EMI lets you spread the cost over monthly instalments. We will give you the exact figure once your model is confirmed.
A CROS only helps if it is set up around your actual hearing on both sides. Our RCI-registered audiologists fit it properly, verify it, and let you hear the difference before you commit.
We test both ears fully. This is where we confirm whether a CROS or BiCROS is right for you, or whether another route would serve you better — before anything is ordered.
The partner Oticon aid on your better ear is programmed to your audiogram and verified so you get the amplification you actually need, and the ear-to-ear streaming is balanced so the streamed side does not overwhelm your good ear.
You trial the set-up in the clinic and in real conversation. Single-sided hearing is very personal, so hearing the change for yourself matters far more than any spec sheet.
Fine-tuning, cleaning and reprogramming are free for the life of the device at our clinics in Pune, Delhi and Bengaluru, with home visits available around those cities.
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Read the reviewNot on its own. The CROS is a transmitter worn on your poorer ear that captures sound and streams it wirelessly to a hearing aid on your better ear. You need both parts working together: the CROS unit on the weak side and an Oticon hearing aid on the good side. On its own the CROS does not amplify anything.
It is for single-sided deafness — when one ear has little or no usable hearing that an ordinary aid cannot help, and the other ear hears well. If your better ear also has some hearing loss, a BiCROS version puts a full hearing aid on that side too. If both ears have usable hearing, two normal aids usually suit you better. We confirm which pattern is yours at the free hearing test.
The Oticon CROS is an older model, built for the Oticon Opn and Opn S generation, and is likely discontinued or superseded. We will not quote a figure from an out-of-date page. Call +91 94296 90093 and we will check honestly whether it is still available for you, or show you the current-generation equivalent. Whatever we fit is GST-exempt, up to 30-50% off MRP, with 0% EMI.
No. It does not repair or amplify the poor ear — it routes sound from that side over to your good ear so you no longer miss it. A hearing device manages the effect of hearing loss rather than curing it. For some single-sided cases a bone-conduction device or cochlear implant may be more appropriate, which we discuss from your test results and refer to an ENT where needed.
Yes. After a free 45-minute hearing test we set up the recommended CROS or BiCROS and let you trial it in the clinic and in real conversation before you decide. Single-sided hearing is very individual, so hearing the difference for yourself is the point.
The Oticon CROS was designed to pair with Oticon's Opn and Opn S hearing aids using their ear-to-ear link. Whether it pairs with a specific aid you already own depends on the exact model and platform. Bring your current device to the clinic and we will confirm compatibility, or advise the right partner aid if a newer platform is needed.
If one ear has stopped pulling its weight, book a free 45-minute hearing test with our RCI-registered audiologists. We will tell you honestly whether an Oticon CROS, a current CROS/BiCROS system, or another route suits you — with a real in-clinic trial before you pay. Call +91 94296 90093 or book online. Clinics in Pune, Delhi and Bengaluru, with home visits around those cities.
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