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      Cochlear Implantation for Single-Sided Deafness: A New Treatment Paradigm

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      Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base
      Georg Thieme Verlag KG

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          Unilateral severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), also known as single sided deafness (SSD), is a problem that affects both children and adults, and can have severe and detrimental effects on multiple aspects of life including music appreciation, speech understanding in noise, speech and language acquisition, performance in the classroom and/or the workplace, and quality of life. Additionally, the loss of binaural hearing in SSD patients affects those processes that rely on two functional ears including sound localization, binaural squelch and summation, and the head shadow effect. Over the last decade, there has been increasing interest in cochlear implantation for SSD to restore binaural hearing. Early data are promising that cochlear implantation for SSD can help to restore binaural functionality, improve quality of life, and may faciliate reversal of neuroplasticity related to auditory deprivation in the pediatric population. Additionally, this new patient population has allowed researchers the opportunity to investigate the age-old question “what does a cochlear implant (CI) sound like?.”

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          Journal
          Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base
          J Neurol Surg B
          Georg Thieme Verlag KG
          2193-6331
          2193-634X
          March 28 2019
          April 2019
          February 04 2019
          April 2019
          : 80
          : 02
          : 178-186
          Affiliations
          [1 ]Listen for Life Center, Department of Otolaryngology/HNS, Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, Washington, United States
          [2 ]Department of Otolarygology/HNS, Clinical Faculty, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States
          [3 ]Department of Speech and Hearing Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
          Article
          10.1055/s-0038-1677482
          6438794
          30931226
          3ebd6d66-b429-416b-89f1-bafb05be198c
          © 2019
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