Journal article
The effect of visual cues on auditory stream segregation in musicians and non-musicians
J Marozeau, H Innes-Brown, DB Grayden, AN Burkitt, PJ Blamey
Plos One | Published : 2010
Open access
Abstract
Background: The ability to separate two interleaved melodies is an important factor in music appreciation. This ability is greatly reduced in people with hearing impairment, contributing to difficulties in music appreciation. The aim of this study was to assess whether visual cues, musical training or musical context could have an effect on this ability, and potentially improve music appreciation for the hearing impaired. Methods: Musicians (N = 18) and non-musicians (N = 19) were asked to rate the difficulty of segregating a four-note repeating melody from interleaved random distracter notes. Visual cues were provided on half the blocks, and two musical contexts were tested, with the overla..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Financial support was provided by the Jack Brockhoff Foundation, Goldman Sachs JBWere Foundation, Soma Health Pty Ltd, Mr Robert Albert AO RFD RD, Miss Betty Amsden OAM, Bruce Parncutt and Robin Campbell, and The Frederick and Winnifred Grassick Memorial Fund. The Bionic Ear Institute acknowledges the support it receives from the Victorian Government through its Operational Infrastructure Support Program. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.