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Multivariate predictors of music perception and appraisal by adult cochlear implant users
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Multivariate predictors of music perception and appraisal by adult cochlear implant users

Kate Gfeller, Jacob Oleson, John F Knutson, Patrick Breheny, Virginia Driscoll and Carol Olszewski
Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, Vol.19(2), pp.120-134
02/2008
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.19.2.3
PMCID: PMC2677551
PMID: 18669126

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Abstract

The research examined whether performance by adult cochlear implant recipients on a variety of recognition and appraisal tests derived from real-world music could be predicted from technological, demographic, and life experience variables, as well as speech recognition scores. A representative sample of 209 adults implanted between 1985 and 2006 participated. Using multiple linear regression models and generalized linear mixed models, sets of optimal predictor variables were selected that effectively predicted performance on a test battery that assessed different aspects of music listening. These analyses established the importance of distinguishing between the accuracy of music perception and the appraisal of musical stimuli when using music listening as an index of implant success. Importantly, neither device type nor processing strategy predicted music perception or music appraisal. Speech recognition performance was not a strong predictor of music perception, and primarily predicted music perception when the test stimuli included lyrics. Additionally, limitations in the utility of speech perception in predicting musical perception and appraisal underscore the utility of music perception as an alternative outcome measure for evaluating implant outcomes. Music listening background, residual hearing (i.e., hearing aid use), cognitive factors, and some demographic factors predicted several indices of perceptual accuracy or appraisal of music.
Predictive Value of Tests Attitude Humans Middle Aged Male Recognition, Psychology Cognition Music Aged, 80 and over Adult Female Pitch Perception Surveys and Questionnaires Aged Cochlear Implants Auditory Perception Speech Perception

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