Music training improves speech-in-noise perception: Longitudinal evidence from a community-based music program

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 291, Issue , 2015, Pages 244-252

  Slater, Jessica ^a   Skoe, Erika ^a,b   Strait, Dana L ^a,c   O'Connell, Samantha ^a,d   Thompson, Elaine ^a   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Education; Learning; Listening; Longitudinal; Music; Speech in noise perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MUSIC; MUSIC TRAINING; NOISE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM IMPACT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH IN NOISE PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; LEARNING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RANDOMIZATION; SPEECH;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MUSIC; NOISE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84931274819     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.05.026     Document Type: Article

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