Effect of cochlear implantation on subjective listening effort in patients with single-sided deafness (SSD)

Introduction Cochlear implantation (CI) is an established therapy for cochlear single-sided deafness (SSD). Previous studies have mainly focused on demonstrating the benefit of a CI on speech understanding in noise and on directional hearing. The aim of the study was to investigate the extent to which a CI reduces the subjectively perceived listening effort in SSD patients.