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Ebru Kösemihal1, Mustafa Yüksel2, Sidika Cesur3
1Audiology Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Near East University, Lefkoşa, Cyprus.
Cochlear implant (CI) recipients have difficulty perceiving vocal mistuning in music, impacting their musical enjoyment. The mistuning perception test (MPT) can assess this limitation in CI users and hearing aid wearers.
Area of Science:
- Auditory Neuroscience
- Psychoacoustics
- Speech and Hearing Sciences
Background:
- Music perception is crucial for emotional expression and social engagement.
- Cochlear implants (CIs) restore hearing but music perception, especially vocal tuning, remains a challenge.
- Understanding CI users' ability to perceive vocal mistuning is essential for improving music-related quality of life.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the mistuning perception abilities of cochlear implant (CI) recipients.
- To compare the mistuning perception of CI recipients with normal-hearing (NH) listeners.
- To investigate the relationship between mistuning perception, music-related quality of life, and demographic factors in CI users.
Main Methods:
- 16 CI users and 16 sex-matched normal-hearing (NH) controls participated.
- Mistuning perception was assessed using the mistuning perception test (MPT).
- Music-related quality of life was evaluated using a standardized questionnaire.
Main Results:
- CI recipients demonstrated significantly poorer mistuning perception compared to NH listeners.
- A significant correlation was found between music-related quality of life (frequency subscale) and mistuning perception scores.
- No significant correlations were observed between age, CI duration, or usage and mistuning perception performance.
Conclusions:
- Musical mistuning perception is a significant limitation for cochlear implant recipients.
- Assessing mistuning perception is vital for understanding music enjoyment and developing auditory interventions for CI users.
- The mistuning perception test (MPT) is a practical tool for evaluating mistuning in CI and hearing aid users.
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