Auditory Processing in Musicians, a Cross-Sectional Study, as a Basis for Auditory Training Optimization

Μusicians are reported to have enhanced auditory processing. This study aimed to assess auditory perception in Greek musicians with respect to their musical specialization and to compare their auditory processing with that of non-musicians. Auditory processing elements evaluated were speech recognit...

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Published in:Healthcare (Basel) 2023-07, Vol.11 (14), p.2027
Main Authors: Kyrtsoudi, Maria, Sidiras, Christos, Papadelis, Georgios, Iliadou, Vasiliki Maria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustics
Audiometry
Auditory perception
auditory processing
Auditory processing disorder
byzantine
Central auditory processing
cognition
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive ability
Communication
Computational linguistics
Cross-sectional studies
Health aspects
hearing
Hearing loss
Language
Language processing
Memory
music
Musical performances
Musical styles
Musicians
Musicians & conductors
Natural language interfaces
Nervous system
Older people
percussion
Psychological aspects
Rehabilitation
Skills
Sound
Speech
Training
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Summary:Μusicians are reported to have enhanced auditory processing. This study aimed to assess auditory perception in Greek musicians with respect to their musical specialization and to compare their auditory processing with that of non-musicians. Auditory processing elements evaluated were speech recognition in babble, rhythmic advantage in speech recognition, short-term working memory, temporal resolution, and frequency discrimination threshold detection. All groups were of 12 participants. Three distinct experimental groups tested included western classical musicians, Byzantine chanters, and percussionists. The control group consisted of 12 non-musicians. The results revealed: (i) a rhythmic advantage for word recognition in noise for classical musicians ( = 12.42) compared to Byzantine musicians ( = 9.83), as well as for musicians compared to non-musicians ( = 120.50, = 0.019), (ii) better frequency discrimination threshold of Byzantine musicians ( = 3.17, = 0.002) compared to the other two musicians' group for the 2000 Hz region, (iii) statistically significant better working memory for musicians ( = 123.00, = 0.025) compared to non-musicians. Musical training enhances elements of auditory processing and may be used as an additional rehabilitation approach during auditory training, focusing on specific types of music for specific auditory processing deficits.
ISSN:2227-9032
2227-9032
DOI:10.3390/healthcare11142027