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Differences in Music Perception Skills Between Child, Teen and Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients

NCT01876472 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2013-06-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Adult recipients of cochlear implants (CI) generally loose interest in listening to music. This may be due to the rather limited spectral resolution of CI. However, child CI-recipients, if offered the opportunity, like to listen to music. They participate actively in musical acitivities, such as singing, dancing or playing an instrument. Thus, there seems to be a fundamental difference in the music perception of people who receive CI as child or as adult.

This study assesses music perception skills of child, teen and adult cochlear implant recipients in settings with simple tone sequences and in a more complex, melodious context.

Conditions

  • Cochlear Implant Recipients

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Assessment of music perception skills

A sequence of tones is presented to participants. Then the same sequence is presented again, with the 4th tone being one to six half tones different from the first sequence. Participants are asked to indicate when they hear a difference betweent the first and the second sequence.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Zurich

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dorothe Veraguth, MD · University Hospital Zurich, Clinic for Otorhinolaryngology

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-11-30
Primary Completion
2012-07-31
Completion
2012-07-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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