Longitudinal auditory data of children with prelingual single-sided deafness managed with early cochlear implantation

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 9376 - 11
• Main Authors: Arras, Tine, Boudewyns, An, Swinnen, Freya, Zarowski, Andrzej, Philips, Birgit, Desloovere, Christian, Wouters, Jan, van Wieringen, Astrid
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 07.06.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 692/308/3187; 692/700/1720/3187; Children; Cochlea; Cochlear implants; Cognition; Deafness; Hearing loss; Humanities and Social Sciences; Localization; multidisciplinary; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Spatial discrimination; Speech perception

Individuals with single-sided deafness (SSD) have no access to binaural hearing, which limits their ability to localize sounds and understand speech in noisy environments. In addition, children with prelingual SSD are at risk for neurocognitive and academic difficulties. Early cochlear implantation...