Journal article
Effects of training on recognition of musical instruments presented through cochlear implant simulations
Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, Vol.20(1), pp.71-82
01/2009
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.20.1.7
PMCID: PMC2784659
PMID: 19927684
Abstract
The simulation of the CI (cochlear implant) signal presents a degraded representation of each musical instrument, which makes recognition difficult.
To examine the efficiency and effectiveness of three types of training on recognition of musical instruments as presented through simulations of the sounds transmitted through a CI.
Participants were randomly assigned to one of three training conditions: repeated exposure, feedback, and direct instruction.
Sixty-six adults with normal hearing.
Each participant completed three training sessions per week, over a five-week time period, in which they listened to the CI simulations of eight different musical instruments.
Analyses on percent of instruments identified correctly showed statistically significant differences between recognition accuracy of the three training conditions (p < .01).
those assigned to the direct instruction group showed the greatest improvement over the five-week training period as well as sustained improvement after training. The feedback group achieved the next highest level of recognition accuracy. The repeated exposure group showed modest improvement during the first three-week time period, but no subsequent improvements.
These results indicate that different types of training are differentially effective with regard to improving recognition of musical instruments presented through a degraded signal, which has practical implications for the auditory rehabilitation of persons who use cochlear implants.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Effects of training on recognition of musical instruments presented through cochlear implant simulations
- Creators
- Virginia D Driscoll - Iowa Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Center, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, USA. virginia-driscoll@uiowa.eduJacob OlesonDingfeng JiangKate Gfeller
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, Vol.20(1), pp.71-82
- DOI
- 10.3766/jaaa.20.1.7
- PMID
- 19927684
- PMCID
- PMC2784659
- NLM abbreviation
- J Am Acad Audiol
- ISSN
- 1050-0545
- eISSN
- 2157-3107
- Publisher
- American Academy of Audiology; United States
- Grant note
- P50 DC000242-23 / NIDCD NIH HHS M01 RR000059-410498 / NCRR NIH HHS P50 DC000242 / NIDCD NIH HHS M01 RR000059 / NCRR NIH HHS 2 P50 DC00242 / NIDCD NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2009
- Academic Unit
- School of Music; Communication Sciences and Disorders; Biostatistics; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9983997483802771
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