Paraverbal Components of Language and Cochlear Implant

The investigators evaluated patients older than 6 years old, with severe hearing loss, cochlear implant wearers, able to perform a series of tests (TUISE, the pitch discrimination test, the melody discrimination test, VAS) to assess the skills of perceiving spectral components of music and understanding emotional states of language investigating the relationship between musical ability, pitch discrimination and paraverbal language comprehension.