Effects of Age on Melody and Timbre Perception in Simulations of Electro-Acoustic and Cochlear-Implant Hearing

摘要

ObjectivesRecent evidence suggests that age might affect the ability of listeners to process fundamental frequency cues in speech, and that this difficulty might impact the ability of older listeners to use and combine envelope and fine structure cues available in simulations of electro-acoustic and cochlear-implant hearing. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether this difficulty extends to music. Specially, this study focuses on whether older listeners have a decreased ability to utilize and combine different types of cues in the perception of melody and timbre.