Musicians do not benefit from differences in fundamental frequency when listening to speech in competing speech backgrounds

Abstract Recent studies disagree on whether musicians have an advantage over non-musicians in understanding speech in noise. However, it has been suggested that musicians may be able to use differences in fundamental frequency (F0) to better understand target speech in the presence of interfering ta...

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Main Authors: Sara M. K. Madsen, Kelly L. Whiteford, Andrew J. Oxenham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12937-9