title: Changes in listening habits and quality of musical sound after cochlear implantation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate listening habits and quality of musical sound after cochlear implantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 89 consecutive, adult, postlingually deafened, cochlear implant recipients entered the study. Music questionnaire included questions about musical background, listening habits, and quality of musical sound through cochlear implants. Music perception was evaluated with the Primary Measures of Music Audiation (PMMA). The questionnaire and the PMMA were administered to 67 and 65 patients, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Listening habits significantly decreased postimplantation. The mean score (0-100) for the adjective pairs "like-dislike," "sounds like music-doesn't sound like music," "natural-mechanical," and "easy to follow-difficult to follow" was 60, 59, 50, and 40, respectively. The adjective pairs were associated with music enjoyment. Mean PMMA scores were 71 and 78 percent for tone and rhythm, respectively, with no association with music enjoyment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Music perception through a cochlear implant is a complex phenomenon that depends on audiological and non-audiological factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain. luikilassa@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lassaletta
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bastarrica
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pérez-Mora
authors.forename: Belén
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Herrán
authors.forename: Lorena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.forename: M Josefa
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: de Sarriá
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gavilán
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001307:Auditory Perception; D019929:Cochlear Implantation / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009146:Music; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires