The effects of musical and linguistic components in recognition of real-world musical excerpts by cochlear implant recipients and normal-hearing adults.

Background: Cochlear implants (CI) are effective in transmitting salient features of speech, especially in quiet, but current CI technology is not well suited in transmission of key musical structures (e.g., melody, timbre). It is possible, however, that sung lyrics, which are commonly heard in real...

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Published in:Journal of Music Therapy Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 68 - 102
Main Authors: Gfeller, Kate, Jiang, Dingfeng, Oleson, Jacob J, Driscoll, Virginia, Olszewski, Carol, Knutson, John F, Turner, Christopher, Gantz, Bruce
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Spring2012
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