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Hearing, Balance and Communication Volume 20, 2022 - Issue 2
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Original Articles

‘Musical effort’ and ‘musical pleasantness’: a pilot study on the neurophysiological correlates of classical music listening in adults normal hearing and unilateral cochlear implant users

Bianca Maria Serena Inguscioa Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy;b BrainSigns Srl, Rome, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Patrizia Mancinia Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0982-0905View further author information
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Antonio Grecoa Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4824-9871View further author information
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Maria Nicastria Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, ItalyView further author information
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Ilaria Giallinia Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, ItalyView further author information
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Carlo Antonio Leonec Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, ItalyView further author information
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Rosa Grassiac Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, ItalyView further author information
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Walter Di Nardod Otorhinolaryngology and Physiology, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, ItalyView further author information
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Tiziana Di Cesared Otorhinolaryngology and Physiology, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, ItalyView further author information
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Federica Rossid Otorhinolaryngology and Physiology, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, ItalyView further author information
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Andrea Canalee Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8095-2594View further author information
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Andrea Alberae Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9608-5149View further author information
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Andrea Giorgib BrainSigns Srl, Rome, ItalyView further author information
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Paolo Malerbaf Cochlear Italia Srl, Bologna, ItalyView further author information
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Fabio Babilonib BrainSigns Srl, Rome, Italy;g Department of Computer Science, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, China;h Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4962-176XView further author information
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Giulia Cartoccib BrainSigns Srl, Rome, Italy;h Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1347-1306View further author information
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Pages 79-88 | Published online: 27 May 2022
 
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Abstract

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 neurophysiological indices and a cognitive-behavioural approach.

Methods

7 NH and 7 UCI subjects underwent electroencephalographic (EEG) recording with two EEG indices, Approach Withdrawal (AW) and Workload (WI), and behavioural tests conducted during a forced-choice musical emotion recognition task performed in quiet and noise in two emotional conditions.

Results

Musical effort in terms of WI did not vary between conditions and groups. Inversely, for AW, statistically significant differences in noisy conditions were observed between groups, indicating a difficulty for the patients in discriminating the musical pleasantness in noise. However, self-reported data suggest the ability of UCI to cognitively evaluate the stimulus in terms of both auditory difficulty and pleasantness.

Conclusion

Findings suggest the possible relevance of the Cochlear Implant in supporting the patients’ effort in listening to music in noise, allowing a pleasant enjoyment in the quiet condition. Overall, this study appears worthy of interest and paves the way for further investigation by providing data on the neurophysiological perception of music.

Acknowledgement

The authors acknowledge the contribution of participants to the study, who kindly voluntarily granted their availability.

Disclosure statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Additional information

Funding

This research was funded by Cochlear Srl: IIR-1983.

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