Musical Ear Syndrome : Prevalence and characteristics in cochlear implant bearers

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INTRODUCTION: Musical Ear Syndrome (MES) is an uncommon phenomenon described as the perception of auditory musical sensations not corresponding to any external stimulus. It seems to be more frequent in case of profound hearing loss. Our objective was to evaluate prevalence, characteristics and risk factors in a population of cochlear implant patients.

METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted in cochlear implant patients, who were adult (>18 years) in 2020 and underwent cochlear implantation between 1993 and 2019. We analyzed the presence and characteristics of MES.

RESULTS: 118 of the 358 patients (33%) perceived or had perceived auditory musical sensations: 71 (19.8%) before, 100 (28%) after, and 53 (14.8%) both before and after implantation. The musical auditory sensations were usually short and well-tolerated, resembling instrumental music, and occurring several times a day. Thirteen patients (11%) considered them intolerable. Fatigue was a triggering factor in 40 patients (33.9%). Personal and medical characteristics, type of implantation, make of implant, etiology and tinnitus did not emerge as risk factors. On the other hand, MES+ patients were significatively younger (56±17.4 years versus 61.9±17.9 years; P=0.0009). Despite the phenomenon, patients were satisfied with implant functioning and subjective auditory performance was not affected.

CONCLUSION: Prevalence of Musical Ear Syndrome was high in cochlear implant patients, and especially in younger subjects. It is essential to improve knowledge of this phenomenon.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:138

Enthalten in:

European annals of otorhinolaryngology, head and neck diseases - 138(2021), 3 vom: 05. Mai, Seite 153-157

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Duchêne, J [VerfasserIn]
Ribadeau Dumas, A [VerfasserIn]
Bonnard, D [VerfasserIn]
Sagardoy, T [VerfasserIn]
Franco-Vidal, V [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Auditory hallucination
Cochlear implant
Journal Article
Musical ear syndrome
Tinnitus

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Date Completed 25.10.2021

Date Revised 25.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.anorl.2020.11.005

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318236184