ArticleJournal of the Royal Society of New Zealand2025
Cochlear implantation for children with single-sided deafness: parents' perspectives.
Article in Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Hearing and balance research in Aotearoa New Zealand: sound and stable foundations for the future.Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Historically, cochlear implantation is reserved for those with bilateral severe to profound hearing loss. However, indications have expanded to include Single-Sided Deafness (SSD) because of the known benefits of binaural hearing and the limitations of unilateral hearing, especially for children developing linguistic and cognitive skills. This study aimed to provide a qualitative perspective of lived experiences of children with SSD who use a cochlear implant (CI), as perceived and reported by their parents. An online questionnaire was developed and distributed to evaluate outcomes of cochlear implantation in children with SSD residing in New Zealand and the United States. Qualitative content analysis of open-ended questions identified themes, including: (1) motivating factors; (2) benefits of amplification; (3) challenges associated with the CI journey; and (4) advice to parents. Parents described benefits and challenges as a result of cochlear implantation, such as access to sound and academic and psychosocial development, as well as subjective improvements in spatial hearing, reduced listening fatigue, enhanced academic performance, and changes in quality of life. The difference that bilateral hearing makes to a child's development is difficult to precisely define but parental insights offer valuable perspective to healthcare providers when considering what some consider an elective procedure.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.