Computer-based musical interval training program for Cochlear implant users and listeners with no known hearing loss.

ABSTRACT: A musical interval is the difference in pitch between two sounds. The way that musical intervals are used in melodies relative to the tonal center of a key can strongly affect the emotion conveyed by the melody. The present study examines musical interval identification in people with no known hearing loss and in cochlear implant users. Pitch resolution varies widely among cochlear implant users with average resolution an order of magnitude worse than in normal hearing. The present study considers the effect of training on musical interval identification and tests for correlations between low-level psychophysics and higher-level musical abilities. The overarching hypothesis is that cochlear implant users are limited in their ability to identify musical intervals both by low-level access to

SUBMITTER: Bissmeyer SRS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9363605 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature