Yawn RJ, et al. - Researchers sought to assess the performance and quality of life changes following sequential bilateral cochlear implantation in subjects with preoperative residual hearing functioning in a bimodal hearing configuration. They found that improved audiologic performance and better subjective quality of life was yielded by the bilateral cochlear implantation, irrespective of the ability to preserve acoustic hearing during the second sided implantation. Following bilateral implantation, the global abbreviated profile of hearing aid benefited (APHAB) and overall speech, spatial, and qualities of hearing (SSQ) scores exhibited significant improvement.