Stream segregation revisited: Dynamic listening and influences of emotional context on stream perception and attention.

A classical experiment of auditory stream segregation is revisited, reconceptualising perceptual ambiguity in terms of affordances and musical engagement. Specifically, three experiments are reported that investigate how listeners' perception of auditory sequences change dynamically depending on emotional context. The experiments show that listeners adapt their attention to higher or lower pitched streams (Experiments 1 and 2) and the degree of auditory stream integration or segregation (Experiment 3) in accordance with the presented emotional context.

Music listening and hearing aids: perspectives from audiologists and their patients.

Two studies explored hearing-aid user and audiologist experiences of hearing-aid use and fitting for music in the UK. One-hundred-seventy-six hearing-aid users (age range: 21-93 years; mean: 60.56 years) answered a 4-item questionnaire on music listening difficulties and discussions about music in clinic.

: The development of a self-administered conversation analysis based training programme for cochlear implant users.

Training software to facilitate participation in conversations where overlapping talk is common was to be developed with the involvement of Cochlear implant (CI) users. Examples of common types of overlap were extracted from a recorded corpus of 3.5 hours of British English conversation.