The Association of Hearing Loss With Active Music Enjoyment in Hearing Aid Users.

Objective: Hearing aids (HAs) are designed for speech rather than music listening. The impact of HAs on music enjoyment is poorly studied. We examine the effect of HAs on active music enjoyment in individuals with varying levels of hearing loss (HL).

Hearing Aids Enhance Music Enjoyment in Individuals With Hearing Loss.

Objective: To investigate music appreciation in hearing aid (HA) users with varying levels of hearing loss (HL).

Study Design: Cross-sectional, within-subjects design.

Setting: Tertiary medical center, community.

Novel Web-Based Music Re-Engineering Software for Enhancement of Music Enjoyment Among Cochlear Implantees.

Objectives: Cochlear implant (CI) listeners experience diminished music perception and enjoyment from a variety of patient-related and implant-related factors. We investigate the hypothesis that patient-directed music re-engineering may enhance music enjoyment with CI.

Study Design: Prospective cohort study.

The development and validation of the speech quality instrument.

Objective: Although speech perception tests are available to evaluate hearing, there is no standardized validated tool to quantify speech quality. The objective of this study is to develop a validated tool to measure quality of speech heard.

Study Design: Prospective instrument validation study of 35 normal hearing adults recruited at a tertiary referral center.

Skin Necrosis After Implantation With the BAHA Attract: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Objective: The bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) Attract is a transcutaneous bone conduction hearing aid that uses magnetic coupling to enable sound conduction. We report the first case of skin necrosis associated with the BAHA Attract and perform a literature review of soft tissue complications related to the device.

Patient: A single patient who was found to develop skin necrosis 2 weeks after being fitted for the BAHA Attract speech processor.

Reduction of the Harmonic Series Influences Musical Enjoyment With Cochlear Implants.

Objective: Cochlear implantation is associated with poor music perception and enjoyment. Reducing music complexity has been shown to enhance music enjoyment in cochlear implant (CI) recipients. In this study, we assess the impact of harmonic series reduction on music enjoyment.

Impact of Noise Reduction Algorithm in Cochlear Implant Processing on Music Enjoyment.

Objective: Noise reduction algorithm (NRA) in speech processing strategy has positive impact on speech perception among cochlear implant (CI) listeners. We sought to evaluate the effect of NRA on music enjoyment.

Study Design: Prospective analysis of music enjoyment.

Music Engineering as a Novel Strategy for Enhancing Music Enjoyment in the Cochlear Implant Recipient.

Objective: Enjoyment of music remains an elusive goal following cochlear implantation. We test the hypothesis that reengineering music to reduce its complexity can enhance the listening experience for the cochlear implant (CI) listener.

Methods: Normal hearing (NH) adults (N = 16) and CI listeners (N = 9) evaluated a piece of country music on three enjoyment modalities: pleasantness, musicality, and naturalness.

Reverberation time influences musical enjoyment with cochlear implants.

Objective: To identify factors that enhance the enjoyment of music in cochlear implant (CI) recipients. Specifically, we assessed the hypothesis that variations in reverberation time (RT60) may be linked to variations in the level of musical enjoyment in CI users.

Study Design: Prospective analysis of music enjoyment in normal-hearing individuals.

Reliability measure of a clinical test: Appreciation of Music in Cochlear Implantees (AMICI).

Purpose: The goals of this study were (1) to investigate the reliability of a clinical music perception test, Appreciation of Music in Cochlear Implantees (AMICI), and (2) examine associations between the perception of music and speech. AMICI was developed as a clinical instrument for assessing music perception in persons with cochlear implants (CIs). The test consists of four subtests: (1) music versus environmental noise discrimination, (2) musical instrument identification (closed-set), (3) musical style identification (closed-set), and (4) identification of musical pieces (open-set).

Development of a clinical test of musical perception: appreciation of music in cochlear implantees (AMICI).

The purpose of this study was to develop a test to assess the ability of persons with cochlear implants (CIs) to interpret musical signals. Up to this time, the main direction in outcomes studies of cochlear implantation has been in relation to speech recognition abilities. With improvement in CI hardware and processing strategies, there has been a growing interest in musical perception as a dimension that could improve greatly users' quality of life.