MUSICAL TRAINING INFLUENCES AUDITORY TEMPORAL PROCESSING
Journal Title: Journal of Hearing Science - Year 2016, Vol 6, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: A link between musical expertise and auditory temporal processing abilities was examined. Material and methods: Trained musicians (n=13) and non-musicians (n=12) were tested on speech tasks (phonetic identification, speech recognition in noise) and non-speech tasks (temporal gap detection). Results: Results indicated musicians had shorter between-channel gap detection thresholds and sharper phonetic identification functions, suggesting that perceptual reorganization following musical training assists basic temporal auditory processes. Conclusions: In general, our results provide a conceptual advance in understanding how musical training influences speech processing, an ability which, when impaired, can affect speech and reading competency.
Authors and Affiliations
Saravanan Elangovan, Nicole Payne, Jacek Smurzynski, Marc Fagelson
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