Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in children occurs in 1 to 3% of live births and acquired
hearing loss can additionally occur. This sensory deficit has far reaching consequences that …

Rationale Children with unilateral deafness could have concurrent vestibular dysfunction
which would be associated with balance deficits and potentially impair overall development …

Early treatment of single sided deafness in children has been recommended to protect from
neurodevelopmental preference for the better hearing ear and from social and educational …

Neurodevelopmental changes occur with asymmetric hearing loss, limiting binaural/spatial
hearing and putting children at risk for social and educational challenges. These deficits …

Objective: To determine audiological and clinical results of cochlear implantation (CI)
comparing two populations with single-sided deafness (SSD): post-lingually deaf children …

Objective The characteristics of children with single-sided deafness (SSD) who become
candidates for unilateral cochlear implantation (uCI) were identified. Study design In all, 118 …

This thesis aimed to determine whether treating children who have asymmetric hearing loss
with two different, but appropriate auditory prostheses promotes bilateral auditory …