Children using Cochlear Implants Capitalize on Acoustical Hearing for Music Perception

Cochlear implants (CIs) electrically stimulate the auditory nerve providing children who are deaf with access to speech and music. Because of device limitations, it was hypothesized that children using CIs develop abnormal perception of musical cues. Perception of pitch and rhythm as well as memory...

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Main Authors: Talar eHopyan, Isabelle ePeretz, Lisa P. Chan, Blake C. Papsin, Karen A. Gordon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00425/full