Music Training for Children with Sensorineural Hearing Loss Improves Speech-in-Noise Perception

Autor/inn/en	Lo, Chi Yhun; Looi, Valerie; Thompson, William Forde; McMahon, Catherine M.
Titel	Music Training for Children with Sensorineural Hearing Loss Improves Speech-in-Noise Perception
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63 (2020) 6, S.1990-2015 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lo, Chi Yhun)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
Schlagwörter	Music Therapy; Children; Hearing Impairments; Assistive Technology; Acoustics; Auditory Discrimination; Music Appreciation; Auditory Perception; Outcomes of Treatment; Suprasegmentals + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musiktherapie; Child; Kind; Kinder; Hearing impairment; Hörbehinderung; Akustik; Musikbeurteilung; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung
Abstract	Purpose: A growing body of evidence suggests that long-term music training provides benefits to auditory abilities for typical-hearing adults and children. The purpose of this study was to evaluate how music training may provide perceptual benefits (such as speech-in-noise, spectral resolution, and prosody) for children with hearing loss. Method: Fourteen children aged 6-9 years with prelingual sensorineural hearing loss using bilateral cochlear implants, bilateral hearing aids, or bimodal configuration participated in a 12-week music training program, with nine participants completing the full testing requirements of the music training. Activities included weekly group-based music therapy and take-home music apps three times a week. The design was a pseudorandomized, longitudinal study (half the cohort was wait-listed, initially serving as a passive control group prior to music training). The test battery consisted of tasks related to music perception, music appreciation, and speech perception. As a comparison, 16 age-matched children with typical hearing also completed this test battery, but without participation in the music training. Results: There were no changes for any outcomes for the passive control group. After music training, perception of speech-in-noise, question/statement prosody, musical timbre, and spectral resolution improved significantly, as did measures of music appreciation. There were no benefits for emotional prosody or pitch perception. Conclusion: The findings suggest even a modest amount of music training has benefits for music and speech outcomes. These preliminary results provide further evidence that music training is a suitable complementary means of habilitation to improve the outcomes for children with hearing loss. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01