Differential advantages of musical backgrounds on binaural integration and interaction skills in instrumentalists, vocalists, and non-musicians.

Background: Musical perception requires a host of skills. Instrumental musicians place greater emphasis on motor coordination, whereas vocal musicians rehearse vocal sounds. The study explored the differential advantages of musical background on binaural integration and interaction in musicians (instrumentalists, vocalists) and compared them with age-matched non-musicians.

Efficacy of different clinical assessment measures of hyperacusis: a systematic review.

Purpose: Hyperacusis is the hypersensitivity to auditory stimuli that would typically not affect those with hearing sensitivity within normal limits. The prevalence of hyperacusis in the general population has been estimated to range from 9% to 15%. There is no universally accepted definition for what defines hyperacusis among kindred illnesses of poor sound tolerance.

Evaluation of Auditory Stream Segregation in Musicians and Nonmusicians.

 One of the major cues that help in auditory stream segregation is spectral profiling. Musicians are trained to perceive a fine structural variation in the acoustic stimuli and have enhanced temporal perception and speech perception in noise.  To analyze the differences in spectral profile thresholds in musicians and nonmusicians.