Musical Training and Its Association With Age-Related Changes in Binaural, Temporal, and Spatial Processing.
| Autor: | Nisha KV; Department of Audiology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysuru., Durai R; Department of Audiology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysuru., Konadath S; Department of Audiology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysuru. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | American journal of audiology [Am J Audiol] 2022 Sep; Vol. 31 (3), pp. 669-683. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jun 30. |
| DOI: | 10.1044/2022_AJA-21-00227 |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: This article aimed to assess the relationship between musical training and age-related changes in binaural, temporal, and spatial processing abilities. Design: A standard group comparison study was conducted involving both musicians and nonmusicians. The effect of musical training was assessed using a battery of psychoacoustical tests (interaural time and level difference thresholds: ITD & ILD, binaural gap detection threshold, and virtual auditory space identification test) and subjective ratings (Spatial-Hearing subsection of Speech, Spatial, and Quality of Hearing scale in Kannada). Study Sample: A total of 60 participants, between 41 and 70 years, were divided into three groups of 20 each, based on their age (41-50, 51-60, and 61-70 years). Each of these three groups was subdivided into two, one comprising 10 musicians (vocalists practicing South-Indian classical music) and the other comprising 10 nonmusicians. Results: Multivariate analyses of variance revealed that musicians performed significantly better ( p < .001) than nonmusicians in all the tests. Analyses of variance showed that whereas age had no effect ( p > .05) on performance in any of the tests in musicians, age affected the performance of nonmusicians significantly in terms of ITD ( p = .02) and ILD ( p = .01) thresholds. Conclusion: Musical training appears to have the potential to slow down age-related decline in binaural, temporal, and spatial processing. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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