Patterns of Cochlear Implant Use and Speech Exposure in Children With Single-Sided Deafness Compared to Bimodal Devices in the Post-Pandemic Period.

Ear Hear · 2026 · PMC12700676 · PMID 41128530

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.08so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Daily speech exposure hours/day were slightly higher in the bimodal devices group than the SSD-CI group, but this did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.08).

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a decreasing trendno p-value reported

Conversely, the SSD-CI group showed more stable CI use in preschoolers but a decreasing trend in school-aged children.

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