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. 2021 Oct 1;279(8):3821–3829. doi: 10.1007/s00405-021-07103-x

Table 2.

Percentages of CI listeners with good perception for Classical music, Jazz and Soul

Questions Classical (%) Jazz (%) Soul (%)
1. Clarity of passage 30 60 55
2. Pleasantness of passage 45 55 60
3. Overall quality of passage 35 45 50
4. How boomy does the passage sound? 55 70 75
5. How tinny does the passage sound? 70 70 70
6. How natural is the passage? 40 60 55
7. Were any sections of the passage uncomfortably loud? 60 20 20
8. Were any sections of the passage inaudible? 60 25 25
9. Do you think the passage had a well-defined rhtym? 30 20 35
10. Was the passage mainly: vocals/instrumental 90 95 95
11. Could you detect: a male voice/a female voice/multiple voices/no voices 70 85 90
12. What category of music would best describe the passage: Classical/Jazz/Pop/Soul/folk/other 80 45 25

For the first six questions scores equal to or greater than 7 are considered as good. For yes/no questions the positive evaluation was considered. For the last three questions the correct responses were considered