Title

The effect of musical training on speech and sound perception

Authors and Researchers

BrainsCAN, Western University
Ingrid Johnsrude, Western University
Vanessa Irsik, Western University
Stephen Van Hedger, Western University

Files

Description

We are going to carry out such a study, in conjunction with research labs at five other institutions. With six universities involved, we will be able to recruit a sufficiently large number of people in the study and decrease the likelihood of any regional bias influencing the outcomes. We will be trying to validate the following claims:

• that musicians have an improved ability to understand speech in noisy environments
• that the responses of a musician's brainstem to speech sounds is enhanced, and
• that older musicians have reduced symptoms from age-related hearing loss.

Publication Date

2018

Publisher

BrainsCAN

City

London

Keywords

Aging, Hearing and auditory perception, Music and beat perception

Disciplines

Neurosciences

Funding

Funding Program

BrainsCAN Accelerator Grant: Stimulus

Additional BrainsCAN Support

Human Cognition and Sensorimotor Core,
Imaging Core

Notes

Western Faculty, Group or Institution

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science