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Semin Hear. 2012 Nov 01;33(4):346-360. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1329224. Epub 2012 Nov 19.

The Music Experiences and Attitudes Of A First Cohort of Prelingually-Deaf Adolescents and Young Adults CI Recipients.

Seminars in hearing

Kate Gfeller, Virginia Driscoll, Rachel See Smith, Christina Scheperle

Affiliations

  1. School of Music; Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders; Iowa Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Center.

PMID: 23565029 PMCID: PMC3616443 DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1329224

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the musical engagement (participation and attitude) of pediatric CI recipients who were implanted during early childhood and who have reached age 15 or older. A questionnaire was administered to a group of 31 prelingually deaf CI users who receive annual follow up services and assessment in a clinical research center. The questionnaire was used to examine involvement in and attitudes toward music in school, the community, and in the home; social affiliation (hearing, Deaf, both) and mode of communication (oral, manual, both) were also examined. Despite the technical limitations of cochlear implants in transmitting pitch, melody, and tone quality, over two thirds of this sample described music as being important or very important in their lives. A high level of past and present familial involvement in music was associated with higher levels of current involvement and importance of music in the lives of adolescent and young adult CI users. Comparisons were noted with data from prior studies of persons with hearing loss who were non-CI users.

Keywords: adolescents; cochlear implants; music enjoyment

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