Musical Training Influences Auditory Temporal Processing

Saravanan Elangovan; Nicole Payne; Jacek Smurzynski; Marc A. Fagelson

Musical Training Influences Auditory Temporal Processing

Saravanan Elangovan, Nicole Payne, Jacek Smurzynski, Marc A. Fagelson

Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology

East Tennessee State University

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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.

Original language	American English
Journal	Journal of Hearing Science
Volume	6
State	Published - Mar 12 2016

Keywords

audiology
music
musical training
auditory temporal processing
auditory cortex
phonetics
speech perception
gap detection
categorical perception
speech recognition in noise

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Speech Pathology and Audiology

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Musical Training Influences Auditory Temporal Processing

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