/newsroom/taxonomy/term/9967/all en /newsroom/channels/news/being-musician-can-help-you-decipher-language-loud-environments-283335 <p>A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has shown that musical training helps people hear speech syllables in loud environments, and has shown how this happens. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), researchers Yi Du and Robert Zatorre monitored brain function as musicians and non-musicians listened to speech fragments and varying background noise levels.</p> Mon, 11 Dec 2017 17:57:48 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32766 at /newsroom