Why and how music can be used to rehabilitate and develop speech and language skills in hearing-impaired children

This paper presents evidence for a strong connection between the development of speech and language skills and musical activities of children and adolescents with hearing impairment and/or cochlear implants. This conclusion is partially based on findings for typically hearing children and adolescent...

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Published in:Hearing research 2019-09, Vol.380, p.108-122
Main Authors: Torppa, Ritva, Huotilainen, Minna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Development
Age Factors
Auditory Pathways - physiopathology
Auditory Perception
Brain
Child
Child Language
Child, Preschool
Cochlear implant
Cochlear Implantation - instrumentation
Cochlear Implants
Combined Modality Therapy
Hearing
Hearing aid
Hearing Disorders - diagnosis
Hearing Disorders - physiopathology
Hearing Disorders - psychology
Hearing Disorders - therapy
Humans
Language
Music
Music Therapy
Persons With Hearing Impairments - psychology
Persons With Hearing Impairments - rehabilitation
Recovery of Function
Speech
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:This paper presents evidence for a strong connection between the development of speech and language skills and musical activities of children and adolescents with hearing impairment and/or cochlear implants. This conclusion is partially based on findings for typically hearing children and adolescents, showing better speech and language skills in children and adolescents with musical training, and importantly, showing increases of speech and language skills in children and adolescents taking part in musical training. Further, studies of hearing-impaired children show connections between musical skills, involvement in musical hobbies, and speech and language skills. Even though the field is still lacking large-scale randomised controlled trials on the effects of musical interventions on the speech and language skills of children and adolescents with hearing impairments and cochlear implants, the current evidence seems enough to urge speech therapists, music therapists, music teachers, parents, and children and adolescents with hearing impairments and/or cochlear implants to start using music for enhancing speech and language skills. For this reason, we give our recommendations on how to use music for language skill enhancement in this group. •Musical activities enhance language skills in children with impaired hearing.•Similar effects are shown in typically-hearing children.•We urge the use of music with children and adolescents with impaired hearing.•We give recommendations on how to use music for language enhancement.
ISSN:0378-5955
1878-5891
DOI:10.1016/j.heares.2019.06.003