Temporal envelope perception in Cochlear Implant users

Background: In timbre and especially instrument perception the attack time is known to hold crucial information to detect differences between instruments. The excitation mechanism by which an instrument is made to sound, is reflected by the first 50 to 150 ms of sound onset. As auditory processing and especially music perception in Cochlear Implant users is known to be hampered we conducted an EEG study with an oddball paradigm to evaluate processing of small differences in musical sound onset manipulations. Auditory evoked potential as elicited in an EEG study yield objective information about processing of aud…