%0 Journal Article
%T Bilateral Cochlear Implantation: A Health Technology Assessment
%A Health Quality Ontario
%J Archive of "Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series".
%D 2018
%X Sensorineural hearing loss occurs as a result of damage to the hair cells in the cochlea, or to the auditory nerve. It negatively affects learning and development in children, and employment and economic attainment in adults. Current policy in Ontario is to provide unilateral cochlear implantation for patients with bilateral severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss. However, hearing with both ears as a result of bilateral cochlear implantation may offer added benefits
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6235073/