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The effect of music ear training upon the auditory discrimination abilities of trainable mentally retarded adolescents. 1980

T Humphrey

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of music ear training upon the auditory discrimination abilities of 30 institutionalized trainable mentally retarded (TMR) adolescents. Subjects were 15 TMRs enrolled in choir and 15 TMRs who were not choir members. The hypothesis was that music ear training incorporated in choir rehearsals would enhance auditory discrimination abilities, as measured by the Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock Test of Auditory Discrimination. An analysis of variance revealed significantly more errors in auditory discrimination by the TMR adolescents not enrolled in choir. Results of t tests comparing the scores of TMR choir members to Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock test norms for the same chronological age revealed significantly more errors by the choir members. However, t tests comparing the performance of TMR choir members and Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock test norms for normal subjects of the same mental age revealed significantly more errors by normal subjects.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008145	Louisiana	State bounded by Arkansas on the north, by Mississippi on the east, the Gulf of Mexico on the south and Texas on the west.
D008607	Intellectual Disability	Subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period. This has multiple potential etiologies, including genetic defects and perinatal insults. Intelligence quotient (IQ) scores are commonly used to determine whether an individual has an intellectual disability. IQ scores between 70 and 79 are in the borderline range. Scores below 67 are in the disabled range. (from Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch55, p28)	Disability, Intellectual,Idiocy,Mental Retardation,Retardation, Mental,Deficiency, Mental,Intellectual Development Disorder,Mental Deficiency,Mental Retardation, Psychosocial,Deficiencies, Mental,Development Disorder, Intellectual,Development Disorders, Intellectual,Disabilities, Intellectual,Disorder, Intellectual Development,Disorders, Intellectual Development,Intellectual Development Disorders,Intellectual Disabilities,Mental Deficiencies,Mental Retardations, Psychosocial,Psychosocial Mental Retardation,Psychosocial Mental Retardations,Retardation, Psychosocial Mental,Retardations, Psychosocial Mental
D009147	Music Therapy	The use of music as an adjunctive therapy in the treatment of neurological, mental, or behavioral disorders.	Therapy, Music
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D001307	Auditory Perception	The process whereby auditory stimuli are selected, organized, and interpreted by the organism.	Auditory Processing,Perception, Auditory,Processing, Auditory