title: [Emotional response to music by postlingually-deafened adult cochlear implant users].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the emotional response to music by postlingually-deafened adult cochlear implant users.
  
  
  METHODS
  Munich music questionnaire (MUMU) was used to match the music experience and the motivation of use of music between 12 normal-hearing and 12 cochlear implant subjects. Emotion rating test in Musical Sounds in Cochlear Implants (MuSIC) test battery was used to assess the emotion perception ability for both normal-hearing and cochlear implant subjects. A total of 15 pieces of music phases were used. Responses were given by selecting the rating scales from 1 to 10. "1" represents "very sad" feeling, and "10" represents "very happy feeling.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In comparison with normal-hearing subjects, 12 cochlear implant subjects made less active use of music for emotional purpose. The emotion ratings for cochlear implant subjects were similar to normal-hearing subjects, but with large variability.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Post-lingually deafened cochlear implant subjects on average performed similarly in emotion rating tasks relative to normal-hearing subjects, but their active use of music for emotional purpose was obviously less than normal-hearing subjects.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100730, China.
authors.forename: Shuo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ruijuan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Beier
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009146:Music / Q000523:psychology*; D010898:Pitch Perception; D055815:Young Adult