Music for the cochlear implant: Audience response to six commissioned compositions.

dc.contributor.authorAu, Agnes
dc.contributor.authorMarozeau, Jeremy
dc.contributor.authorInnes-Brown, Hamish
dc.contributor.authorSchubert, Emery
dc.contributor.authorStevens, Catherine
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-14T22:54:25Z
dc.date.available2013-11-14T22:54:25Z
dc.date.issued2012-11
dc.description.abstractAlthough cochlear implant (CI) users enjoy good speech understanding, music perception is still difficult or unpleasant for many. This study aimed to assess cognitive, engagement, and auditory responses to new music composed specifically for CI users. From 407 concertgoers who completed a questionnaire, responses from groups of normally hearing listeners (n = 44) and CI users (n = 44), matched in age and musical ability, were compared to determine whether specially commissioned works would elicit similar responses from both groups. No significant group differences were found on measures of interest, enjoyment, and musicality, whereas ratings of understanding and instrument localization and recognition were significantly lower for CI users. Overall, ratings of the music were typically higher for percussion pieces. The concert successfully elicited similar responses from both groups in terms of interest, enjoyment, and musicality, although technical aspects, such as understanding, localization, and instrument identification, continue to be problematic for CI users.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipComposers: Robin Fox, Rohan Drape, Ben Harper, Natasha Anderson, James Rushford and Eugene Ughetti. Music Board of Australia Council for the Arts, Arts Victoria, the Arts Centre Melbourne, Blamey & Saunders Hearing, Art Access Australia, the Cochlear Foundation, the Bionics Institute, the Victorian Government through its Operational Infrastructure Support Program.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAu, A., Marozeau, J., Innes-Brown, H., Schubert, E., & Stevens, C. J. (2012). Music for the Cochlear Implant: Audience Response to Six Commissioned Compositions. Seminars in Hearing, 33(4), 335-345.en_US
dc.identifier.otherdoi: 10.1055/s-0032-1329223
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.bionicsinstitute.org:8080/handle/123456789/56
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThieme Medical Publishersen_US
dc.subjectHearing Lossen_US
dc.subjectCochlear Implanten_US
dc.subjectMusic Appreciationen_US
dc.titleMusic for the cochlear implant: Audience response to six commissioned compositions.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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