Two-Year Outcomes of Cochlear Implant Use for Children With Unilateral Hearing Loss: Benefits and Comparison to Children With Normal Hearing.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Children with severe-to-profound unilateral hearing loss, including cases of single-sided deafness (SSD), lack access to binaural cues that support spatial hearing, such as recognizing speech in complex multisource environments and sound source localization. Listening in a monaural condition negatively impacts communication, learning, and quality of life for children with SSD. Cochlear implant (CI) use may restore binaural hearing abilities and improve outcomes as compared to alternative treatments or no treatment. This study investigated performance over 24 months of CI use in young children with SSD as compared to the better hearing ear alone and to children with bilateral normal hearing (NH).

Design

Eighteen children with SSD who received a CI between the ages

SUBMITTER: Park LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10426784 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep-Oct 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature