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Published on: March 24, 2023
Vocal emotion recognition performance predicts the quality of life in adult cochlear implant users
Xin Luo1, Ashley Kern1, Kathryn R Pulling1
1College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, 975 South Myrtle Avenue, P.O. Box 870102, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA xinluo@asu.edu; amkern1@asu.edu; Kathryn.Pulling@asu.edu.
Abstract:
Clinical tests of cochlear implant (CI) outcomes in sentence recognition cannot fully reflect CI users' self-reported quality of life (QoL). Here, vocal emotion recognition scores, speech reception thresholds (SRTs), and demographic factors were tested as predictors of QoL scores assessed with the Nijmegen Cochlear Implant Questionnaire in postlingually deafened adult CI users. After correction for multiple comparisons, vocal emotion recognition scores were significantly correlated with QoL scores in all subdomains (social interaction, self-esteem, etc.), while SRTs and duration of CI use were not. Vocal emotion recognition may thus be used in clinic to accurately and broadly predict QoL with CIs.
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