Evidence for a Musician Speech-Perception-in-Noise Advantage in School-Age Children

Autor/inn/en	Benítez-Barrera, Carlos R.; Skoe, Erika; Huang, James; Tharpe, Anne Marie
Titel	Evidence for a Musician Speech-Perception-in-Noise Advantage in School-Age Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 65 (2022) 10, S.3996-4008 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Benítez-Barrera, Carlos R.) ORCID (Skoe, Erika) ORCID (Huang, James) ORCID (Tharpe, Anne Marie)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
Schlagwörter	Musicians; Auditory Perception; Acoustics; Speech Communication; Elementary School Students; Music Education; Intelligence Quotient; Musical Instruments; Listening Skills; Tennessee (Nashville) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musiker; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Musikerziehung; Intelligenzquotient; Musikinstrument
Abstract	Purpose: The objective of this study was to evaluate whether child musicians are better at listening to speech in noise (SPIN) than nonmusicians of the same age. In addition, we aimed to explore whether the musician SPIN advantage in children was related to general intelligence (IQ). Method: Fifty-one children aged 8.2-11.8 years and with different levels of music training participated in the study. A between-group design and correlational analyses were used to determine differences in SPIN skills as they relate to music training. IQ was used as a covariate to explore the relationship between intelligence and SPIN ability. Results: More years of music training were associated with better SPIN skills than fewer years of music training. Furthermore, this difference in SPIN skills remained even when accounting for IQ. These results were found at the group level and also when years of instrument training was treated as a continuous variable (i.e., correlational analyses). Conclusions: We confirmed results from previous studies in which child musicians outperformed nonmusicians in SPIN skills. We also showed that this effect was not related to differences in IQ between the musicians and nonmusicians for this cohort of children. However, confirmation of this finding with a cohort of children from more diverse socioeconomic statuses and cognitive profiles is warranted. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01