Music Appreciation After Cochlear Implantation

Description

This project aims to characterize the emergence of music appreciation in people who have suffered hearing loss and have been provided with partial restoration of hearing through cochlear implantation. Music appreciation is complex and transverses multiple domains including hearing acuity, speech and language acquisition, and quality of life. By studying these relationships in people who have been given partial hearing restoration, the investigators will clarify the role of music for promoting recovery from debilitating loss.

Conditions

Hearing Loss, Cochlear Implants

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This project aims to characterize the emergence of music appreciation in people who have suffered hearing loss and have been provided with partial restoration of hearing through cochlear implantation. Music appreciation is complex and transverses multiple domains including hearing acuity, speech and language acquisition, and quality of life. By studying these relationships in people who have been given partial hearing restoration, the investigators will clarify the role of music for promoting recovery from debilitating loss.

Music Appreciation After Cochlear Implantation

Music Appreciation After Cochlear Implantation

Condition
Hearing Loss
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Los Angeles

Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Teenage and adult cochlear implant users
  • * Children younger than 13

Ages Eligible for Study

13 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Southern California,

Study Record Dates

2024-12-05