Benefits of Music Training in Mandarin-Speaking Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users

Autor/inn/en	Fu, Qian-Jie; Galvin, John J., III; Wang, Xiaosong; Wu, Jiunn-Liang
Titel	Benefits of Music Training in Mandarin-Speaking Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 58 (2015) 1, S.163-169 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
DOI	10.1044/2014_JSLHR-H-14-0127
Schlagwörter	Mandarin Chinese; Assistive Technology; Surgery; Hearing Impairments; Music Education; Auditory Stimuli; Visual Stimuli; Computer Uses in Education; Children; Acoustics; Auditory Perception + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Chirurgie; Hearing impairment; Hörbehinderung; Musikerziehung; Auditive Stimulation; Computernutzung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Akustik; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung
Abstract	Purpose: The aims of this study were to assess young (5- to 10-year-old) Mandarin-speaking cochlear implant (CI) users' musical pitch perception and to assess the benefits of computer-based home training on performance. Method: Melodic contour identification (MCI) was used to assess musical pitch perception in 14 Mandarin-speaking pediatric CI users; the instrument timbre and the contour length were varied as experimental parameters. Six subjects received subsequent MCI training on their home computer in which auditory and visual feedback were provided. Results: MCI performance was generally poor (grand mean = 33.3% correct) and highly variable, with scores ranging from 9.3% to 98.1% correct; there was no significant effect of instrument timbre or contour length on performance (p > 0.05). After 4 weeks of training, performance sharply improved. Follow-up measures that were conducted 8 weeks after training was stopped showed no significant decline in MCI performance. For the 6 trained subjects, there was a significant effect of contour length for the training and follow-up measures. Conclusion: These preliminary data suggest that although baseline MCI performance initially may be poor, training may greatly improve Mandarin-speaking pediatric CI users' melodic pitch perception. (As Provided).
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