Music Recognition, Music Listening, and Word Recognition by Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants

Abstract

Child implant users enjoy music more than adult implant users. Moreover, younger age at implantation increases children's engagement with music, which may enhance their progress in other auditory domains.

The family oriented musical training for children with cochlear implants: Speech and musical perception results of two year follow-up

“…This finding is also consistent with the reports which support that the auditory training not only improves the performance in the targeted listening task, but also the improvement often generalized the auditory tasks that were not explicitly trained [20]. The association between musical training and word recognition is also explained by the effect of focused music listening on training of auditory attention [21]. In other words, learning that occurs in the parameters of music may transfer to other auditory contexts such as verbal memory [36], and sensitivity to prosody [37].…”

“…As Mitani et al [21] have reported that children with cochlear implants enjoy music more than adult implant users. Moreover, younger age at implantation increases children's engagement with music, which may enhance their progress in other auditory domains.…”

“…It is therefore speculated that if the musical abilities of children with cochlear implants could be improved in addition to better music enjoyment, they may also benefit from improved speech perception [21]. The purpose of the present investigation was to determine whether children with CIs can gain benefit from training on pitch and music perception in terms of pitch and rhythm discrimination.…”

Children with bilateral cochlear implants identify emotion in speech and music

“…Although the present findings indicate that young CI users can discern the emotional intentions expressed in music, they shed no light on the emotional consequences of music for CI users. There are indications that young CI users enjoy music (Mitani et al, 2007;Stordahl, 2002;Vongpaisal et al, 2006), but it remains to be determined whether they experience changes in arousal and mood comparable to those experienced by individuals with NH (e.g. Balkwill and Thompson, 1999;Husain et al, 2002).…”

Music and Quality of Life in Early-Deafened Late-Implanted Adult Cochlear Implant Users

“…For example, a song could sound natural to an EDLI but mechanical to a NH person listening to CI simulations because of the different states of the auditory exposure and memories of individuals. As a result, different listener groups may be making their music judgment using different standards and reference points (9,23,33). Moreover, the additional benefit of the implant for music perception compared with the music perception during the period of deafness using a hearing aid may also differ.…”