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Speech Perception in Noise and Cognitive Skills in Children with Varying Degrees of Music Training
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Kaylee Castleberry; Alexandra Amato; Carlos R. Benítez-Barrera – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2025
Purpose: This registered report aimed to replicate previous findings showing that years of music training predicts speech-perception-in-noise (SPIN) skills in children. In addition, it aimed to investigate whether the musician SPIN advantage is influenced by cognitive factors such as general intelligence or working memory. Method: Following…
Descriptors: Music Education, Incidence, Musical Instruments, Short Term Memory
Enriching the Learning Environment. Revised
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Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities, 2022
Children's ways of learning are as different as the colors of the rainbow. All children have different personalities, preferences and tastes; they all have a certain way they prefer to learn. Teachers and parents need to be aware of and value these differences. Children's brains develop faster from birth to age three than any other time, and more…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Brain, Learning Processes, Intelligence Quotient
Evidence for a Musician Speech-Perception-in-Noise Advantage in School-Age Children
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Benítez-Barrera, Carlos R.; Skoe, Erika; Huang, James; Tharpe, Anne Marie – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
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…
Descriptors: Musicians, Auditory Perception, Acoustics, Speech Communication