Music is processed in the brain in a spatial manner and thus, its perception is vulnerable to disturbances on both, the analytical and emotional level, whereby disturbance on one level does not necessarily imply an impact on the other. Although research data exists evaluating the impact of cochlear implants on the perception of music on the analytical level, to date little research has focused on their impact on the emotional aspect of music perception.
Cochlear implant users have repeatedly reported satisfactory melodic perception with a simultaneous lack of emotional response and vice versa.
Here, we compare the emotional response to music listening between cochlear implant users and a control group of normal-hearing adults using an established music-psychological test, linked to a survey concerning individual musical background and listening habits. We could not detect a significant difference regarding the emotional impact of music listening between the experimental and control groups, whereby the test results correlated with musical background and listening habits within the groups.
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Music is processed in the brain in a spatial manner and thus, its perception is vulnerable to disturbances on both, the analytical and emotional level, whereby disturbance on one level does not necessarily imply an impact on the other. Although research data exists evaluating the impact of cochlear implants on the perception of music on the analytical level, to date little research has focused on their impact on the emotional aspect of music perception.
Cochlear implant users have repeatedly r...
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