Event Title
Music and Spoken Language
Location
Diamond 122
Start Date
1-5-2014 9:00 AM
End Date
1-5-2014 10:30 AM
Project Type
Presentation
Description
Music plays a fascinating role in speech perception and production. Studies have found that it offers benefits to both healthy and disordered populations, improving subcortical as well as cortical processing. Healthy populations tend to see an improvement in the subcortical encoding of speech - which is essentially registering that a speech sound is occurring and determining its frequency - after receiving musical training. The most dramatic effects can be seen in disordered populations, where music can be used to treat speech-related conditions like aphasia, and help these individuals to recover their ability to communicate with the world. This presentation will explore the way that music interacts with the human language system, and particularly how and why it is such an important tool for treating aphasia.
Faculty Sponsor
Martha Arterberry
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. Psychology Dept.
CLAS Field of Study
Social Sciences
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
780
Music and Spoken Language
Diamond 122
Music plays a fascinating role in speech perception and production. Studies have found that it offers benefits to both healthy and disordered populations, improving subcortical as well as cortical processing. Healthy populations tend to see an improvement in the subcortical encoding of speech - which is essentially registering that a speech sound is occurring and determining its frequency - after receiving musical training. The most dramatic effects can be seen in disordered populations, where music can be used to treat speech-related conditions like aphasia, and help these individuals to recover their ability to communicate with the world. This presentation will explore the way that music interacts with the human language system, and particularly how and why it is such an important tool for treating aphasia.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2014/program/291