Growing interest in music perception among cochlear implant (CI) users has led to increasing research in this area. To support cross-cultural studies, this work aimed to adapt and validate the Music-Related Quality of Life (MuRQoL) questionnaire into German (MuRQoL-De).
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Discussion
Signed responses from readers of the wire.
Clinicians working with German-speaking cochlear implant users now have a validated tool to formally assess music-related quality of life; no change to audiological treatment protocols is indicated.
A psychometrically validated German MuRQoL enables multinational research on music perception outcomes in cochlear implant populations, a domain historically under-measured in clinical practice.
- 01The MuRQoL questionnaire was adapted and validated into German (Fragebogen zu Musik und Lebensqualität).
- 02Validation focused on cochlear implant users to support cross-cultural music-perception research.
- 03Psychometric properties (reliability and validity) were confirmed for the German version.
- 04Provides a standardized outcome measure to compare music-related quality of life across language groups.
- 05Fills a gap in non-English tools for assessing cochlear implant benefit beyond speech perception.
The German MuRQoL is a reliable and valid adaptation of the original questionnaire for use in cochlear implant users.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42645131
- DOI
- 10.3390/audiolres16040120.
- Journal
- Audiology Research
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- German-speaking cochlear implant users
- Intervention
- German adaptation of the Music-Related Quality of Life (MuRQoL) questionnaire
- Comparator
- Original English MuRQoL
Primary outcomes
Reliability (test-retest and internal consistency) of the German MuRQoL; Construct validity of the German MuRQoL in cochlear implant users