To develop a PERMA-based Orff music intervention program for children with cochlear implants and to evaluate its preliminary effectiveness in rehabilitation.
✦ The floor
Discussion
Signed responses from readers of the wire.
No actionable change to clinical practice at this stage; this is a program-development study requiring future trials to demonstrate rehabilitation outcomes in cochlear implant users.
Integrating structured music-based rehabilitation with well-being frameworks like PERMA may offer a novel adjunct to conventional auditory training for pediatric cochlear implant users, but empirical outcome data are still needed.
- 01Delphi consensus process used to build an Orff music therapy program for children with cochlear implants.
- 02Program design is grounded in the PERMA well-being model (Positive emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Achievement).
- 03Orff music approach is play-based and emphasizes rhythm, movement, and group participation.
- 04Study is developmental/expert-consensus phase — no controlled trial outcomes yet.
- 05Addresses both auditory rehabilitation and psychosocial well-being in pediatric CI users.
A PERMA model-based Orff music intervention can be systematically developed and validated by expert consensus for cochlear implant rehabilitation in children.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42289666
- DOI
- 10.1186/s12887-026-07158-x.
- Journal
- BMC Pediatrics
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 5
- Population
- Children with cochlear implants (expert panel for Delphi; child participants implied for preliminary evaluation)
- Intervention
- Orff music-based intervention program structured around the PERMA well-being model
Primary outcomes
Expert consensus on program content and feasibility; Preliminary evaluation of the intervention program