The effectiveness of music therapy in enhancing the ability of reading in primary school children with cochlear implants

The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effectiveness of music therapy on reading skills in cochlear implants students. The study papulation [WU1] was cochlear implants students in Tehran. 20 students (8 boys and 12 girls) who were to Baghiyat allah cochlear implant center selected through randomly sampling method. Randomly 10 students were replaced in experimental group (music therapy and rehabilitation) and 10 students were replaced in the control group (rehabilitation). For experimental group music therapy at 24 consecutive sessions (over six months) for 1 hour was administered but control group only attended at rehabilitation sessions For experimental group music therapy and rehabilitation session were held but control group only receive rehabilitation At table-2 the research descriptive variable index including mean, standard deviation, for experimental and control groups at three stages of pre-test, post-test and track test have been reported. table-3 the sum of calculated f in terms of the impact of the groups equals 9/425 which is significant at 0/01 level Therefore, on the basis of the research findings it can be said that music therapy measures are effective at improving reading skill abilities of schools students with cochlear implants. Results of ANOVA with repeated measure showed significant difference in reading skills and hearing ability.