Voice emotion is a fundamental component of human social interaction and social
development. Unfortunately, cochlear implant users are often forced to interface with highly …

Purpose: Prosody perception is an essential component of speech communication and
social interaction through which both linguistic and emotional information are conveyed …

Objectives: This study quantitatively assesses how cochlear implants (CIs) and vocoder
simulations of CIs influence the identification of linguistic and emotional prosody in nontonal …

Objectives: Research on cochlear implants (CIs) has focused on speech comprehension,
with little research on perception of vocal emotions. We compared emotion perception in CI …

Objectives: The processing of emotional speech calls for the perception and integration of
semantic and prosodic cues. Although cochlear implants allow for significant auditory …

Purpose: Postoperative rehabilitation programs for cochlear implant (CI) recipients primarily
emphasize enhancing speech perception. However, effective communication in everyday …

Purpose Aims of this research were (a) to investigate higher order linguistic and cognitive
skills of Italian children with cochlear implants (CIs);(b) to correlate them with the …

The perception of music depends on the normal function of the peripheral and central
auditory system. Aged subjects without hearing loss have altered music perception …

Objective: To provide an overview of the current available music assessment tools after
cochlear implantation (CI); to report on the utilization of music assessments in the literature; …

Objective This pilot case-control study is aimed to estimate 'musical effort'and 'musical
pleasantness' in adults normal hearing (NH) and Unilateral Cochlear Implant (UCI) users via …