The effect of symmetrical and asymmetrical hearing impairment on the music quality perception

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Cai, Yuexin Y
Zhao, Fei
Chen, Yuebo Y
Liang, Maojin M
Chen, Ling L
Yang, Haidi H
Xiong, Hao H
Zhang, Xueyuan
Zheng, Yiqing
Date
2015-11-26Acceptance date
2015-09-01
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Article
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Springer Link
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0937-4477
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of symmetrical, asymmetrical and unilateral hearing impairment on music quality perception. Six validated music pieces in the categories of classical music, folk music and pop music were used to assess music quality in terms of its ‘pleasantness’, ‘naturalness’, ‘fullness’, ‘roughness’ and ‘sharpness’. 58 participants with sensorineural hearing loss [20 with unilateral hearing loss (UHL), 20 with bilateral symmetrical hearing loss (BSHL) and 18 with bilateral asymmetrical hearing loss (BAHL)] and 29 normal hearing (NH) subjects participated in the present study. Hearing impaired (HI) participants had greater difficulty in overall music quality perception than NH participants. Participants with BSHL rated music pleasantness and naturalness to be higher than participants with BAHL. Moreover, the hearing thresholds of the better ears from BSHL and BAHL participants as well as the hearing thresholds of the worse ears from BSHL participants were negatively correlated to the pleasantness and naturalness perception. HI participants rated the familiar music pieces higher than unfamiliar music pieces in the three music categories. Music quality perception in participants with hearing impairment appeared to be affected by symmetry of hearing loss, degree of hearing loss and music familiarity when they were assessed using the music quality rating test (MQRT). This indicates that binaural symmetrical hearing is important to achieve a high level of music quality perception in HI listeners. This emphasizes the importance of provision of bilateral hearing assistive devices for people with asymmetrical hearing impairment.
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European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology;
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Cai, Y., Zhao, F., Chen, Y., Liang, M., Chen, L., Yang, H., Xiong, H., Zhang, X. and Zheng, Y. (2015) 'The effect of symmetrical and asymmetrical hearing impairment on music quality perception', European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 273 (9), pp.2451–2459
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This article was published in European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology on 26 November 2015 (online), available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00405-015-3838-8
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Cardiff Metropolitan University (Grant ID: Cardiff Metropolian (Internal))
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