ArticleNeuroscience2012
Musicians have fine-tuned neural distinction of speech syllables.
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- Music enrichment programs improve the neural encoding of speech in at-risk children.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2014Trial
- Sensitivity to musical structure in the human brain.Journal of neurophysiology · 2012Trial
- Rethinking hierarchy: the auditory system as an integrated cortical-subcortical network.Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2026Review
- Trusting self-evaluation: predicting music and language performance from subjective ratings.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Long-term training alters response dynamics in the aging auditory cortex.Hearing research · 2024Article
- Training Programs for Improving Speech Perception in Noise: A Review.Journal of audiology & otology · 2023Review
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- Singing Mandarin? What Short-Term Memory Capacity, Basic Auditory Skills, and Musical and Singing Abilities Reveal About Learning Mandarin.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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- The Microstructural Plasticity of the Arcuate Fasciculus Undergirds Improved Speech in Noise Perception in Musicians.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2021Article
- Individual differences in human frequency-following response predict pitch labeling ability.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Enhancement of Processing Capabilities of Hippocampus Lobe: A P300 Based Event Related Potential Study.Journal of audiology & otology · 2021Article
- Neurophysiological improvements in speech-in-noise task after short-term choir training in older adults.Aging · 2021Article
- MEG Intersubject Phase Locking of Stimulus-Driven Activity during Naturalistic Speech Listening Correlates with Musical Training.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2021Article
- The Relation of Articulatory and Vocal Auditory-Motor Control in Typical Speakers.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2020Article
- Musical Training for Auditory Rehabilitation in Hearing Loss.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
One of the benefits musicians derive from their training is an increased ability to detect small differences between sounds. Here, we asked whether musicians' experience discriminating sounds on the basis of small acoustic differences confers advantages in the subcortical differentiation of closely related speech sounds (e.g., /ba/ and /ga/), distinguishable only by their harmonic spectra (i.e., their second formant trajectories). Although the second formant is particularly important for distinguishing stop consonants, auditory brainstem neurons do not phase-lock to its frequency range (above 1000 Hz). Instead, brainstem neurons convert this high-frequency content into neural response timing differences. As such, speech tokens with higher formant frequencies elicit earlier brainstem responses than those with lower formant frequencies. By measuring the degree to which subcortical response timing differs to the speech syllables /ba/, /da/, and /ga/ in adult musicians and nonmusicians, we reveal that musicians demonstrate enhanced subcortical discrimination of closely related speech sounds. Furthermore, the extent of subcortical consonant discrimination correlates with speech-in-noise perception. Taken together, these findings show a musician enhancement for the neural processing of speech and reveal a biological mechanism contributing to musicians' enhanced speech perception in noise.
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