Longitudinal linguistic outcomes of toddlers with congenital single sided deafness – six with and twelve without cochlear implant and nineteen normal hearing peers

This longitudinal study is the first to assess linguistic and cognitive outcomes of children with cSSD implanted at a very young age. Despite the young age, these developing skills could be assessed by means of standardized test material and comparison to control groups. The toddlers of the SSD_CI group wear their device and perform largely in line with the NH control group. Linguistic and cognitive results of the SSD_noCI control group appear more diverse. Longitudinal observation is of key importance to draw conclusions regarding CI benefit. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.status: publishe