Music Perception Influences Language Acquisition: Melodic and Rhythmic-Melodic Perception in Children with Specific Language Impairment
Joint Authors
Sallat, Stephan
Jentschke, Sebastian
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-10-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Language and music share many properties, with a particularly strong overlap for prosody.
Prosodic cues are generally regarded as crucial for language acquisition.
Previous research has indicated that children with SLI fail to make use of these cues.
As processing of prosodic information involves similar skills to those required in music perception, we compared music perception skills (melodic and rhythmic-melodic perception and melody recognition) in a group of children with SLI (N=29, five-year-olds) to two groups of controls, either of comparable age (N=39, five-year-olds) or of age closer to the children with SLI in their language skills and about one year younger (N=13, four-year-olds).
Children with SLI performed in most tasks below their age level, closer matching the performance level of younger controls with similar language skills.
These data strengthen the view of a strong relation between language acquisition and music processing.
This might open a perspective for the possible use of musical material in early diagnosis of SLI and of music in SLI therapy.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sallat, Stephan& Jentschke, Sebastian. 2015. Music Perception Influences Language Acquisition: Melodic and Rhythmic-Melodic Perception in Children with Specific Language Impairment. Behavioural Neurology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1057558
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sallat, Stephan& Jentschke, Sebastian. Music Perception Influences Language Acquisition: Melodic and Rhythmic-Melodic Perception in Children with Specific Language Impairment. Behavioural Neurology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1057558
American Medical Association (AMA)
Sallat, Stephan& Jentschke, Sebastian. Music Perception Influences Language Acquisition: Melodic and Rhythmic-Melodic Perception in Children with Specific Language Impairment. Behavioural Neurology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1057558
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1057558