[A study on the normal values of musical sounds in cochlear implants test battery].
OBJECTIVE
To establish music reference values for normal-hearing (NH) person in China, in order to give convenience in clinical application.


METHODS
The NH participant group included 39 subjects, of which 21 females and 18 males. Musical Sounds in Cochlear Implants test battery was used to assess the music perception ability for normal-hearing participants.


RESULTS
The median pitch difference NH participants could discriminate for string was 2.5 semitones and 0.5 for flute. The average scores of rhythm discrimination, melody discrimination, chord discrimination, instrument identification and instrument number detection test were 86.1% (SD = 11.2), 76.5% (SD = 11.1), 75.6% (SD = 11.4), 89.9% (SD = 13.0) and 74.1% (SD = 20.7), respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
The MuSIC test could be a test for music perception ability for China users and in further study the material that more suited for our culture should be added into it.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Otorhinolaryngology, Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100730, China.
Ruijuan
R
Dong
Shuo
S
Wang
Yun
Y
Zhou
Beier
B
Qi
Xueqing
X
Chen
Bo
B
Liu
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009146:Music; D010898:Pitch Perception; D012016:Reference Values; D055815:Young Adult