Journal Reviews

How to train adults with single-sided deafness and cochlear implants

1 November 2019 | | Speech and Language Therapy | Auditory training, Cochlear implant, Rehabilitation, Single-sided Deafness, Unilateral deafness

Cochlear implantation (CI) in patients with single-sided deafness (SSD) has been carried out in Perth, Australia from 2008. It poses challenges to clinicians and patients who are trying to tune in the poorer ear while still having a normally hearing...

Auditory deprivation and single-sided deafness

1 September 2019 | | Auditory Implants | Cochlear Implant, Single-sided Deaf, Speech Perception

In cases of bilateral auditory deprivation, there is clear evidence of an inverse relationship between performance after cochlear implantation and the length of severe to profound deafness prior to implantation (i.e. the longer the deprivation the poorer the outcome on...