| Literature DB >> 19275282 |
John J Galvin1, Qian-Jie Fu, Sandra I Oba.
Abstract
Cochlear implant (CI) users have limited access to fundamental frequency (F0) and timbre cues, which are needed to segregate competing voices and/or musical instruments. In the present study, CI users' melodic contour identification was measured for three target instruments in the presence of a masker instrument; the F0 of the masker was varied relative to the target instruments. Mean CI performance significantly declined in the presence of the masker, while mean normal-hearing performance was largely unaffected. However, the most musically experienced CI users were able to make use of timbre and F0 differences between instruments.Mesh：
Year: 2009 PMID： 19275282 PMCID： PMC2677289 DOI： 10.1121/1.3062148
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Acoust Soc Am ISSN： 0001-4966 Impact factor: 1.840