title: [The development of musicality in children after cochlear implantation].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study is to analyze the development of musicality in children after cochlear implantation, and provide a clinical database for the evaluation of their musicality.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-six children with cochlear implants (CI group) participated in this research. They received cochlear implants at the age of 11 to 68 months with a mean of 35.6 months. Seventy-six infants as a control group aged from 1 to 24 months with a mean of 6.1 months participated in this study, whose hearing were considered normal by passing the case history collection, high-risk registers for hearing loss and hearing screening using DPOAE. The music and young children with CIs: Musicality Rating Scale was used to evaluate their musicality. The evaluation was performed before cochlear implantation and 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 24 months after cochlear implantation for children with cochlear implants. The evaluation was also performed at 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 24 months for children with normal hearing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean scores of musicality showed significant improvements with time of CI use for CI group (P<0.05). The mean scores of musicality also showed significant improvements with time for control group (P<0.05). There were no significant differences in mean scores between CI group and control group at 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 months of hearing age by rank sum test (P>0.05). Significant difference was noted between the two groups at 24 months (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The musicality of children with cochlear implants improved significantly with time after cochlear implantation. The most rapid growth was found in the first year after cochlear implantation.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ruijuan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Tianqiu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xuejing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xueqing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D011184:Postoperative Period