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Musicians' Enhanced Neural Differentiation of Speech Sounds Arises Early in Life: Developmental Evidence from Ages 3 to 30
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Beat synchronization predicts neural speech encoding and reading readiness in preschoolers
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Auditory learning through active engagement with sound: biological impact of community music lessons in at-risk children
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Engagement in community music classes sparks neuroplasticity and language development in children from disadvantaged backgrounds
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Longitudinal Effects of Group Music Instruction on Literacy Skills in Low-Income Children
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Musicians' Enhanced Neural Differentiation of Speech Sounds Arises Early in Life: Developmental Evidence from Ages 3 to 30
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Biological impact of preschool music classes on processing speech in noise
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Musicians have fine-tuned neural distinction of speech syllables
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One of the benefits musicians derive from their training is an increased ability to detect small differences between sounds. Here, we asked whether musicians’ experience discriminating sounds on the basis of small acoustic differences confers advantages in the subcortical differentiation of closely-related speech sounds (e.g., /ba/ and /ga/), distinguishable only by their harmonic spectra (i.e., their second formant trajectories). Although the second formant is particularly important for distinguishing stop consonants, auditory brainstem neurons do not phase-lock to its frequency range (above 1000 Hz). Instead, brainstem nuclei convert this high-frequency content into neural response timing differences. As such, speech tokens with higher formant frequencies elicit earlier brainstem responses than those with lower formant frequencies. By measuring the degree to which subcortical response timing differs to the speech syllables /ba/, /da/, and /ga/ in adult musicians and nonmusicians, we reveal that musicians demonstrate enhanced subcortical discrimination of closely related speech sounds. Furthermore, the extent of subcortical consonant discrimination correlates with speech-in-noise perception. Taken together, these findings show a musician enhancement for the neural processing of speech and reveal a biological mechanism contributing to musicians’ enhanced speech perception.
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URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.05.042 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22634507 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3402586
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Musical Experience and the Aging Auditory System: Implications for Cognitive Abilities and Hearing Speech in Noise
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