Correlation of speech and music appreciation in post-lingually deaf Combi 40/40+ cochlear implant users

✍ Scribed by T Stark; SJ Brockmeier; P Nopp; M Vischer; WD Baumgartner; F Schön; J Müller; T Braunschweig; W Arnold; DJ Allum

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 34 KB
• Volume: 4
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1467-0100
• DOI: 10.1002/cii.113

✦ Synopsis

Although music plays an important role in the life of cochlear implant users, there are few studies covering this field. Publications usually report on a small number of patients and do not take into account the influence that speech-coding strategies might have on music perception. Therefore we initiated a multi-centre study which included only patients with a Combi 40/40+. From the large quantity of data gained, we present the correlation of speech and music perception.

We developed a questionnaire to gather information on music listening habits, playing of instruments and singing. The questions covered musical experience before and after implantation. The results were correlated with speech perception for German monosyllables and numbers, HSM sentences with and without noise. All patients included were over 18 years of age, had used the implant for a minimum of six months, had reached stable fitting parameters and were unilaterally implanted.