AUDITORY ABILITIES IN INDIVIDUALS WITH AND WITHOUT FORMAL MUSICAL TRAINING

Introduction Auditory perception can be enhanced by musical training and practice. Considering the multiple brain areas involved in learning, good auditory perceptual skills contribute to phonological awareness, speech recognition presence of noise, reading, syllable recognition, other language skills. Material methods There were 30 adults between 18 27 years old who participated. They divided into two groups: 15 individuals without formal (Non-Musicians) with 5 or more (Musicians), paired gender age. Procedures used for assessing their hearing Duration Pattern test, Staggered Spondaic Word Masking Level Difference Dichotic Consonant–Vowel test. Results In all tests, Musicians group showed a higher average score than Non-Musicians. MLD level difference was 3 dB Non-Musicians (p = 0.001). also statistically significant mean differences groups DP SSW test right ear, DCV (number errors). Conclusions Individuals show better attention abilities, which are important developing listening skills, resulting communication linguistic performance compared prior training.