As Neville mentioned it’s important to keep the nerve in the SSHL ear stimulated. Especially if you have plans for a CI in that ear somewhere in your future…
I had an SSHL 8 years ago. I kept wearing my HA in that ear all the time, not that I could hear much with it… When I spoke to my surgeon about continuing or not to wear it, he said don’t stop wearing it whatever you do. It will help in speech recognition quicker after getting a CI.
So I kept wearing it for a further 5 yrs, even though after the SSHL it was mostly useless to speech recognition. After my CI surgery I was for ever grateful for that single piece of advice… Simply because upon activation of CI I could understand some words through my CI. Full speech recognition followed quickly after that. Within 1 week I was hearing all speech quiet clearly.
Good luck on your hearing journey.