Impact of music on the quality of life of cochlear implant users: a focus group study.

Objective: To study the aspects of the quality of life (QoL) on which music has an impact in adult cochlear implant (CI) users.

Methods: Thirty adult CI users aged between 18 and 81 years old with a wide range of patient characteristics and musical backgrounds participated in the study. Six focus group discussions about music in everyday life were conducted and data were analysed using template analysis based on the QoL model of the World Health Organisation Quality of Life BREF questionnaire.