by David Gibson | Mar 12, 2022 | Articles and Videos, Hearing, Language, Learning, Sound and Children
Children raised in homes with lower-income and less-educated parents are at an auditory disadvantage compared with children who come from more privileged circumstances, affecting the development of literacy skills. Ratings Current Average Ratings Overall Grade...
by David Gibson | Feb 21, 2022 | Articles and Videos, Music Therapy, Sound for Dementia, Sound for Depression, Sound for Trauma/PTSD, Sound for Traumatic Brain Injuries
When Michael Schneider’s anxiety and PTSD flare up, he reaches for the ukulele he keeps next to his computer. “I can’t actually play a song,” says Schneider, who suffered two serious brain injuries during nearly 22 years in the Marines....
by David Gibson | Feb 20, 2022 | Articles and Videos, Cognitive Function, Hearing, Language, Learning, Music Therapy, Music Training, Physiology, Chakras and Auras , Sound and Children
A musician and a researcher, Dr. Nina Kraus describes her work investigating the effect of musical training on auditory processing and its implications for literacy in children. Ratings Current Average Ratings Overall Grade Avg: 0/5 Interesting Avg: 0/5 Practical...
by David Gibson | Feb 19, 2022 | Articles and Videos, Cognitive Function, Hearing, Language, Learning, Music Training, Sound and Children
Musical training has a pervasive positive effect. This is manifested in a number of interesting ways. First, unsurprisingly perhaps, musicians excel at pitch and rhythm perception and discrimination. Likewise, instrumental musicians tend to have superior fine motor...
by David Gibson | Feb 19, 2022 | Aging, Articles and Videos, Hearing, Language, Music Training
Nina Kraus, PhD, is Professor of Neurobiology & Physiology, Otolaryngology, Hugh Knowles Chair, and the Director of the Auditory Neurosciences Laboratory at the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University. Dr Kraus’s research...
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