Haubler SM, et al. - Researchers assessed 61 cases to examine the long-term advantage of unilateral cochlear implantation on quality of life and speech perception in bilaterally deafened subjects. They observed a statistically significant improvement in the Freiburg Monosyllabic Speech test scores and of all subdomain scores of the Oldenburg Inventory (OI) during the 6-month follow-up period. During the follow-up period, they also noted improvement in the subdomain scores of the Nijmegen Cochlear Implant Questionnaire (NCIQ) and the psychological score of the SF-36. They reported a statistically significant correlation between subjective speech perception and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after cochlear implantation (CI).