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Musical and vocal emotion perception for cochlear implants users
S Paquette1, G D Ahmed2, M V Goffi-Gomez3
1International Laboratory for Brain Music and Sound Research, Center for Research on Brain, Language and Music, Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Québec, Canada; Neurology Department, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, MA, USA.
Hearing Research
|September 6, 2018
Summary
Cochlear implants improve hearing but degrade emotional sound cues. Timbral cues like energy and roughness are key for recognizing emotions in voices and music for implant users.
Area of Science:
- Auditory Neuroscience
- Speech and Hearing Science
- Human-Computer Interaction
Background:
- Cochlear implants restore hearing but limit emotional cue perception.
- Acoustic signal degradation in cochlear implants affects emotion recognition.
- Specific acoustic cues for emotion perception in cochlear implant users remain unclear.
Purpose of the Study:
- Assess basic auditory emotion recognition in cochlear implant users.
- Identify crucial acoustic cues for emotion perception via cochlear implants.
- Compare emotion perception in natural vs. simulated cochlear implant hearing.
Main Methods:
- Utilized controlled vocal and musical stimuli for emotion assessment.
- Evaluated emotion perception in cochlear implant users (Experiment 1).
- Employed a cochlear implant simulation to compare hearing conditions (Experiment 2).
Main Results:
- Cochlear implant users showed poor recognition of vocal and musical fear.
- Timbral cues (energy, roughness) correlated with emotion ratings in simulations.
- Both experiments highlighted the importance of specific acoustic cues.
Conclusions:
- Timbral cues, particularly energy and roughness, are vital for emotion recognition with cochlear implants.
- Cochlear implant processor design and rehabilitation should prioritize these timbral cues.
- Music-based interventions targeting timbre may enhance emotion processing and social function in children with cochlear implants.
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