Person-centered aural rehabilitation program improved mood, cognition, and auditory processing in a professional musician who uses a hearing aid and cochlear implant: Case Report.

This is one case report, so it cannot show that the program works for other hearing aid or cochlear implant users. There was no control group or comparison condition, and the same person received both programs months apart. Likeability ratings were unvalidated and subjective, and the authors say they may not have captured real changes in music enjoyment. The subject missed assignments and did not complete a baseline or the first day of week 1 in the second program. Unexpected cochlear implant listening program changes occurred during the first program, so it is unclear whether likeability changes were due to the home practice or mapping changes. Cognitive and electrophysiological testing was done only before and after the second program, not the first, because of COVID-19. The subject was a retired professional musician with high motivation and prior musical training, which may not apply to non-musicians. Quality of life was not measured.

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Do not conclude that this program improves music enjoyment, cognition, or auditory processing for other hearing aid or cochlear implant users. The report is a single case with no control group, unvalidated likeability ratings, missed assignments, unexpected cochlear implant mapping changes during the first program, and objective testing only after the second program.