Musical Training Enhances Categorical Perception of Speech in Preschoolers: Training Duration and Musical Program Matter.

Purpose: Previous research has indicated the beneficial effects of musical training on speech perception in children. However, little has been known about whether musical training exerts transfer effects on fine-grained perception of linguistic pitch and time information. This study aimed to investi...

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Publicado en:Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 65; no. 11; pp. 4469 - 4485
Autores principales: Yao Yao, Xiaoxiang Chen, Fei Chen, Jiaqiang Zhu
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Nov2022
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          Yao Yao
          Xiaoxiang Chen
          Fei Chen
          Jiaqiang Zhu
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          School of Foreign Languages, Changsha University of Science and Technology, China.
          School of Foreign Languages, Hunan University, Changsha, China.
          Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China.
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        China
        Evaluation of human services programs
        Analysis of variance
        Task performance
        Randomized controlled trials
        Human services programs
        Phonetics
        Intellect
        Music
        Intelligence tests
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        Speech perception
        Statistics
        Phonological awareness
        Physiological aspects of speech
        Time
        Musical pitch
        One-way analysis of variance
        Singing
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        Repeated measures design
        Descriptive statistics
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        Musical perception
        Statistical sampling
        Statistical correlation
        Listening
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          Evaluation of human services programs
          Analysis of variance
          Task performance
          Randomized controlled trials
          Human services programs
          Phonetics
          Intellect
          Music
          Intelligence tests
          Children
          China
          Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling
          Speech perception
          Statistics
          Phonological awareness
          Physiological aspects of speech
          Time
          Musical pitch
          One-way analysis of variance
          Singing
          Comparative studies
          Pre-tests & post-tests
          Research funding
          Short-term memory
          Repeated measures design
          Descriptive statistics
          Questionnaires
          Musical perception
          Statistical sampling
          Statistical correlation
          Listening
          Acoustic stimulation
          Data analysis
          Cognitive testing
          Educational outcomes
      ab: Purpose: Previous research has indicated the beneficial effects of musical training on speech perception in children. However, little has been known about whether musical training exerts transfer effects on fine-grained perception of linguistic pitch and time information. This study aimed to investigate the effects of different musical training programs and training duration on preschoolers’ categorical perception (CP) of lexical tones and voice onset time (VOT) in Mandarin Chinese, which utilize pitch and time changes, respectively, to convey phonemic contrasts. Method: Sixty-one Mandarin-speaking children aged 4 years were randomly assigned to pitch-based musical training (carillon group), rhythm-based musical training (drum group), or handcraft learning (control group). Children completed the tests designed to assess their musical abilities, CP of lexical tones and VOT, IQ, and working memory at three time-points. Repeated-measures analyses of variance were conducted to evaluate the training-related effects in various tasks. Correlation analyses were used to infer the relationships between musical abilities and CP performance of speech. Results: The carillon group demonstrated advantages over the drum and control groups in music pitch processing and CP of lexical tones; besides, the drum group performed better in the music time processing and CP of VOT than the control group. Moreover, positive correlations were found between musical gains and improvements on CP of speech. Conclusions: These results provide evidence that transfer effects occur in CP of lexical tones and VOT in preschoolers. Our findings highlight the selectivity of musical advantages driven by different components of training programs and suggest that long-term musical training could be a means of early speech rehabilitation in children with communication disorders.
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