title: Cochlear implant users move in time to the beat of drum music.
abstract: Cochlear implant users show a profile of residual, yet poorly understood, musical abilities. An ability that has received little to no attention in this population is entrainment to a musical beat. We show for the first time that a heterogeneous group of cochlear implant users is able to find the beat and move their bodies in time to Latin Merengue music, especially when the music is presented in unpitched drum tones. These findings not only reveal a hidden capacity for feeling musical rhythm through the body in the deaf and hearing impaired population, but illuminate promising avenues for designing early childhood musical training that can engage implanted children in social musical activities with benefits potentially extending to non-musical domains.
authors.affiliation: International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), Pavillon 1420 boul. Mont Royal, University of Montreal, Case Postale 6128, Station Centre-Ville, Montreal Québec H3C 3J7, Canada; Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada. Electronic address: jsp102@georgetown.edu.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Phillips-Silver
authors.affiliation: Finnish Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Music Research, University of Jyväskylä, Department of Music, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Electronic address: petri.toiviainen@jyu.fi.
authors.forename: Petri
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Toiviainen
authors.affiliation: International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), Pavillon 1420 boul. Mont Royal, University of Montreal, Case Postale 6128, Station Centre-Ville, Montreal Québec H3C 3J7, Canada. Electronic address: nathalie.gosselin@umontreal.ca.
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gosselin
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada. Electronic address: turgeon.christine.2@courrier.uqam.ca.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Turgeon
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada. Electronic address: franco.lepore@umontreal.ca.
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lepore
authors.affiliation: International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), Pavillon 1420 boul. Mont Royal, University of Montreal, Case Postale 6128, Station Centre-Ville, Montreal Québec H3C 3J7, Canada; Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada. Electronic address: isabelle.peretz@umontreal.ca.
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Peretz
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D019929:Cochlear Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D003615:Dancing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D009146:Music; D010507:Periodicity; D019986:Persons with Hearing Disabilities / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010898:Pitch Perception; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult