Musical training in younger years can prevent the decay in speech listening skills in later life, according to a study conducted at Rotman Research Institute (RRI) at Baycrest Health Sciences. The study indicated that older adults who had musical training in their youth were 20 percent faster in identifying speech sounds than their non-musician peers on speech identification tests. 20 healthy older adults aged 55-75 years, 10 musicians and 10 non-musicians were ...
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