The association of noise sensitivity with music listening, training, and aptitude
Kliuchko M, Heinonen-Guzejev M, Monacis L, Gold BP, Heikkilä KV, Spinosa V, Tervaniemi M, Brattico E
Noise & health · 14 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (classified by our AI screen)
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- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- Academy of Finland
- Government
- Kansainvälisen Liikkuvuuden ja Yhteistyön Keskus
Based on 2 listed funder(s) and full-text disclosure statement.
Publication
- Published
- 2015-01-01 · Noise Health · vol. 17 · issue 78 · p. 350
- Publisher
- Medknow
- Cited
- 31 citations · more than 74% of similar papers · 1.1× the field average
- References
- 42 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY-NC-SA
- Research areas
- Neuroscience and Music Perception · Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation · Noise Effects and Management
- Keywords
- Active listening, Aptitude, Psychology, Noise (video), Musical, Musicality, Audiology, Sensitivity (control systems), Amateur, Music education, Background noise, Cognitive psychology, Acoustics, Communication, Developmental psychology, Computer science, Visual arts, Medicine, Art
- MeSH
- humans, acoustic stimulation, auditory threshold, loudness perception, perceptual masking, aptitude, reaction time, noise, evoked potentials, auditory, sound, time, teaching, music, adult, middle aged, finland, italy, female, male
8 authors
From FI, IT, CA
- Marina Kliuchko · correspondingUniversity of Helsinki; University of Jyväskylä
- Marja Heinonen-GuzejevUniversity of Helsinki
- Lucia MonacisUniversity of Foggia
- Benjamin P. GoldMontreal Neurological Institute and Hospital; McGill University; University of Jyväskylä
- Kauko V HeikkilaUniversity of Helsinki
- Vittoria SpinosaUniversity of Jyväskylä
Abstract
After intensive, long-term musical training, the auditory system of a musician is specifically tuned to perceive musical sounds. We wished to find out whether a musician's auditory system also develops increased sensitivity to any sound of everyday life, experiencing them as noise. For this purpose, an online survey, including questionnaires on noise sensitivity, musical background, and listening tests for assessing musical aptitude, was administered to 197 participants in Finland and Italy. Subjective noise sensitivity (assessed with the Weinstein's Noise Sensitivity Scale) was analyzed for associations with musicianship, musical aptitude, weekly time spent listening to music, and the importance of music in each person's life (or music importance). Subjects were divided into three groups according to their musical expertise: Nonmusicians (N = 103), amateur musicians (N = 44), and professional musicians (N = 50). The results showed that noise sensitivity did not depend on musical expertise or performance on musicality tests or the amount of active (attentive) listening to music. In contrast, it was associated with daily passive listening to music, so that individuals with higher noise sensitivity spent less time in passive (background) listening to music than those with lower sensitivity to noise. Furthermore, noise-sensitive respondents rated music as less important in their life than did individuals with lower sensitivity to noise. The results demonstrate that the special sensitivity of the auditory system derived from musical training does not lead to increased irritability from unwanted sounds. However, the disposition to tolerate contingent musical backgrounds in everyday life depends on the individual's noise sensitivity.
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