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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.
Thomas et al. (Fri,) studied this question.