by David Gibson | Jan 23, 2022 | Articles and Videos, Cognitive Function, Hearing, Language, Music Therapy, Music Training, Sound and Children
Children who are better able to synchronize to an acoustic beat have more faithful neural encoding of speech responses (higher stimulus-to-response correlations) in quiet and noise, and have higher phonological awareness scores—an early indicator of reading ability....
by David Gibson | Jan 22, 2022 | Articles and Videos, Cognitive Function, Emotion, Hearing, Music Therapy, Music Training
Sound is air in motion. We all know that sound moves our hair cells, but sound moves us in other ways too. Hearing is coupled with feeling: In the brain, the auditory and emotional systems are interconnected by feedforward and feedback pathways, and reward-related...
by David Gibson | Jan 22, 2022 | Articles and Videos, Cognitive Function, Hearing, Language, Music Therapy, Music Training, Sound and Children
Making sense of sound is about a lot more than just hearing: The auditory brain is suffused with connections to the cognitive, language, reward, sensory, and motor systems. In fact, auditory-motor connections are arguably among the strongest in the brain. Speech...
by David Gibson | Jan 15, 2022 | Aging, Articles and Videos, Cognitive Function, Hearing, Music Training
We evaluated the role of the auditory–cognitive system in speech-in-noise perception in a group of older adults with hearing levels ranging from normal to moderate sensorineural hearing loss. In these 120 older adults (age 55 to 79), we used structural equation...
by David Gibson | Jan 15, 2022 | Aging, Articles and Videos, Hearing, Music Training, Sound and Children
One of the most pervasive effects of aging is the reduction in processing speed, affecting sensory, cognitive, and motor systems. The effects of aging on temporal processing likely play a role in the older adult’s difficulty understanding speech in challenging...
by David Gibson | Jan 3, 2022 | Aging, Articles and Videos, Hearing, Medical Sound, Music Training, Sound and Children, Sound Healing Science
Intriguing research continues to focus on music, the brain, and music’s potential in honing auditory acuity, including speech-in-noise performance and the enhancement of listening abilities. This article reviews many of these exciting findings and looks at...
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