Sample of Research by Senior CMRC Researchers 

Published

Alexander, A, Bartel, L, Friesen, L, Shipp, D. and Chen J. (2011).  From Fragments to the Whole: A Comparison between Cochlear Implant Users and Normal Hearing Listeners in Music Perception and Enjoyment. Journal of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (in press)

Lee Bartel, Daniel Bodmer, David Shipp, Jodi Ostroff, Joseph M. Chen. (2011).  Qualitative Case Studies of Five Cochlear Implant Recipients’ Experience with Music Cochlear Implants International (in press).

Bartel, L., Ostroff, J., Bodmer, D., Shipp, D., Chen, J. M. (2008). Music Education Dimensions of Cochlear Implant Recipients’ Experience with Music: From Five Qualitative Case Studies to Attention-based Diagnosis and Training. Publication in the Proceedings of the RAIME Conference, Miami.

Almeida, Q., King, L. Ahonen-Eerikainen, H. (2009). The Effects of Sound Wave Vibration Therapy on Motor Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease.  Neurorehabilitation. (In Press.)

Tiidus, P.M, , Markoulakis, R., Murray, D., Pamela J. Bryden, P.J, Ahonen-Eerikäinen, H. (2008).  Physioacoustic therapy: placebo effect on recovery from exercise-induced muscle damage. Acta Kinesiologiae Universitatis Tartuensis. Vol 13, pp. 117-128.

Ahonen-Eerikainen, H., Rippin, K., Sibille, N., Koch, R., Dawn, D. (2007).  “ Not bad for an old 85 year old!” —The Qualitative Analysis of the Role of Music, Therapeutic Benefits and Group Therapeutic Factors of the St. Joseph’s Alzheimer’s Adult Day Program Music Therapy Group. Canadian Music Therapy 2, 37-64.

Koga, Midori, (2001). Music Making and Wellness Project: The Positive Effects of Music-Making on the Health and Well-being of Seniors. American Music Teacher
(Recipient of the 2001 National Article of the Year Award presented by the MTNA).

Fujioka, T, Trainor, L. J, Large, E.W, Ross, B. (2009). Beta and gamma rhythms in human auditory cortex during musical beat processing. Annals of the New York Academy of Science.

Fujioka T, Ross, B. (2008).  Auditory processing indexed by stimulus-induced alpha desynchronization in children. International Journal of Psychopysiology

Fujioka T, Mourad N, Trainor LJ (2010). Development of auditory-specific brain rhythm in infants. European Journal of Neuroscience

Sandstrom, G.M., & Russo, F. A. (2010). Music hath charms: The effects of valence and arousal on the regulation of stress. Music and Medicine, 2, 137-143.
Quinto, L., Thompson, W.F., & Russo, F.A., & Trehub, S. (2010). The McGurk effect in singing. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 72, 1450-1454.

Schellenberg, E.G. (in press). Cognitive performance after music listening: A review of the Mozart effect. In R.A.R. MacDonald, G. Kreutz, & L. Mitchell (Eds.), Music, health and wellbeing. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press

Hunter, P.G., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2011). Interactive effects of personality and frequency of exposure on liking for music. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 175-179.

Hopyan, T., Schellenberg, E.G., & Dennis, M. (2009). Perception of strong- and weak-meter rhythms in children with spina bifida meningomyelocele. Journal of the

Prince, J. B., Schmuckler, M. A., & Thomspon, W. F. (2009). Cross-modal perception of melodic contours. Canadian Acoustics, 37, 35 - 49.
 
Smith, N. A., & Schmuckler, M. A. (2008). Dial A440 for absolute pitch: Absolute pitch memory by non-absolute pitch possessors. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123, EL77-84.

Adachi, M., & Trehub, S. E. (in press). Musical lives of infants. In G. McPherson & G. Welch (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of music education. New York: Oxford University Press.

Trehub, S. E. (in press). In the beginning: A brief history of infant music  perception. Musicae Scientiae.

Trehub, S. E. (in press). Musicality in the eye or ear of the beholder. Psychology of Music.


A Sample of Research Currently in Progress

Christos Hatzis, Bruno Degazio, and Doug E. Smith.  HARMONIA is an audio-visual animation of a fundamental tone with a large number of overtones unfolding over time according to the numerical relationships existing within the initial chord. It is a project in the initial stages of development, a collaboration between composer Christos Hatzis, composer,  sound designer Bruno Degazio and animator Doug E. Smith. We are currently exploring other therapeutic and philosophical implications of HARMONIA.

Lee Bartel,  Hosam Amodi, Lendra Friesen, David Shipp, and Joseph Chen.  Music – Enjoyment Ability Retraining (Music –EAR). Diagnostic and training software for cochlear implant recipients designed on an attention development model. Two pilot tests currently underway – one for validity testing and the second a pilot of the retraining function. Funding by Sunnybrook Hospital: $50,000.00. 


Edwards, D. and Russo, F. “Singers in Performance: Self-Perceptions and External Perceptions from Teachers and Peers.” Toronto: University of Toronto and Ryerson University. Funding from SSHRC (AIRS).

Frank Russo, Principal Investigator, N. Vempala, Co-Investigator.   Liquid Loops – Music Generation System. Applied Research & Commercialization Initiative
Sponsors: FedDEV Ontario with waveDNA. Funding: $75000

Glenn Schellenberg  Research currently in progress 
http://www.erin.utoronto.ca/~w3psygs/05_RES.HTML

Lorna MacDonald, Blake Papsin, Karen A. Gordon, and Talar Hopyan. A study of singing in children with cochlear implants. This project at the Hospital for Sick Children is studying the effectiveness of vocal training in the form of singing lessons on speech production many years post-CI activation. Lessons designed for the cochlear implanted patients were supervised by Lorna MacDonald and conducted by graduates of the Voice Pedagogy program. The control group was hearing aid users in the same age range. The study, the design of the voice lessons, the results on the speech effectiveness of the students, and indications for further collaborations between voice training (singing) and hearing impaired and cochlear implanted students are being examined in preparation for a long-range study, expanding the age group and methodology. Joint funding will be pursued


Heidi Ahonen-Eerikainen
Current studies underway
(1) “Empathic Disruption in Music Group Psychotherapeutic Setting— Re-traumatizing incident or an important opportunity for a therapeutic experience?”
(2)  “Culturally-Based Musical Narration Therapy with Traumatized Refugees” 
(3) “Therapist’s physical reactions before, during and after music psychotherapy sessions—mirroring somatic resonances and indicators of countertransference.”
 (4) “The Value of Utilizing Physioacoustic Therapy in Managing Multiple Sclerosis.”