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If legally required, the patient must sign a disclaimer to
conrm their rejection of the referral advice and that they
made an informed decision.
A CROS device will not restore normal hearing and will not
prevent or improve a hearing impairment resulting from
organic conditions. Infrequent use of a CROS device does
not permit a patient to attain full benet from it. The use of
a CROS device is only a part of the hearing habilitation and
may need to be supplemented by auditory training and
instruction in lipreading.
The CROS device is suitable for the home healthcare
environment and due to its portability it may happen that it
is used in professional healthcare facility environment like
physician oces, dental oces etc.