{"id":10831,"date":"2023-11-08T14:58:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T22:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/househearing.com\/?p=10831"},"modified":"2023-11-08T14:58:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T22:58:50","slug":"can-playing-an-instrument-improve-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/househearing.com\/can-playing-an-instrument-improve-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Playing an Instrument Improve Hearing?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Among people with hearing loss, those who have played an instrument likely can hear better than those who don\u2019t play an instrument. According to a study in The Journal of Neuroscience<\/a>, people who play an instrument are better at processing sound than those who don\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Head over to McCabe\u2019s Guitar Shop to learn a new hobby if you want to develop skills to assist your hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About The Study<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The study focused on musicians aged 45-65 with hearing loss<\/a>. It tested their hearing in noisy environments by measuring electrical activity in the brain after being prompted with certain sounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The participants had played an instrument since childhood for at least two years. It sought to discover if community music participation induces a tangible change in auditory processing. The study<\/a> concluded children who completed one year of musical training had a strong distinction of recognizing consonant sounds. Children who completed two years or more had even more significant gains in neural processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants of the study who participated in music also had stronger abilities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n