title: Music appreciation and music listening in prelingual and postlingually deaf adult cochlear implant recipients.
abstract: To explore the music appreciation of prelingually deaf adults using cochlear implants (CIs).
  
  
  
  Cohort study. Adult CI recipients were recruited based on hearing history and asked to complete the University of Canterbury Music Listening Questionnaire (UCMLQ) to assess each individual's music listening and appreciation. Results were compared to previous responses to the UCMLQ from a large cohort of postlingually deaf CI recipients.
  
  
  
  Fifteen prelingually deaf and 15 postlingually deaf adult cochlear implant recipients.
  
  
  
  No significant differences were found between the prelingual and postlingual participants for amount of music listening or music listening enjoyment with their CI. Sound quality of common instruments was favourable for both groups, with no significant difference in the pleasantness/naturalness of instrument sounds between the groups. Prelingually deaf CI recipients rated themselves as significantly less able to follow a melody line and identify instrument styles compared to their postlingual peers.
  
  
  
  The results suggest that the pre- and postlingually deaf CI recipients demonstrate equivalent levels of music appreciation. This finding is of clinical importance, as CI clinicians should be actively encouraging all of their recipients to explore music listening as a part of their rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: a Cochlear Implant Clinic, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital Melbourne , Australia .|b Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology , The University of Melbourne , Melbourne , Australia .|c HEARing Cooperative Research Centre , Melbourne , Australia , and.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moran
authors.affiliation: a Cochlear Implant Clinic, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital Melbourne , Australia .|b Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology , The University of Melbourne , Melbourne , Australia .|c HEARing Cooperative Research Centre , Melbourne , Australia , and.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rousset
authors.affiliation: d Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre , Sydney , Australia.
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Looi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001307:Auditory Perception; D019929:Cochlear Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D003638:Deafness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009146:Music; D019986:Persons with Hearing Disabilities / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D057181:Pleasure; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Cochlear implant; adults; hearing loss; music appreciation