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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2022; 26(02): e199-e207
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1733930
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Choir Singing Practice and Temporal Ordering in the Elderly

Debora Bonizio Zukowski 
1   Department of Health Science, Universidade de Brasília, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, DF, Brazil
,
David Bretanha Junker 
2   Department of Music, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
,
Isabella Monteiro Castro da Silva 
3   Faculdade de Ceilândia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
,
Lucas Moura Viana 
4   Faculdade de Medicina, Faculdades Integradas do Planalto Central, Brasília, DF, Brazil
,
Carlos Augusto Pires de Oliveira 
5   Department of Otolaryngology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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Abstract

Introduction The importance of temporal ordering and sequencing in the auditory system is discussed because these are considered basic functions for language.

Objective To verify the correlation between the practice of choir music and the temporal ordering in elderly with no prior formal musical experience.

Method The study design is cross-sectional. The sample consisted of 85 elderly individuals of both genders, ≥ 60 years old, and it was composed of 43 elderly individuals with no prior formal musical experience but choir participation (research group) and 42 elderly individuals who never sang in a choir and had no music training during their life (control group). The research group was divided based on three categories of choir time. The performances of the research and control groups were compared with pitch pattern sequence (PPS), verbal condition (PPSverb), humming condition (PPShum), and duration pattern sequence (DPS) tests.

Results The mean PPShum and PPSverb showed a statistically significant difference by choir time with a different mean of PPShum between the no singing experience group (59%) and the > 10 years of singing experience group (90%) (p = 0.02). Regarding the averages of PPSverb, there was a statistically significant difference between the no singing experience (23%) and > 10 years of choir time (54%) (p = 0.02) groups.

Conclusion The findings indicate a better performance in the temporal ordering of the elderly who are not formal musicians but who have choir experience in the research group in relation to those with no choir experience in the control group.

Keywords

auditory perception - hearing tests - singing - aging


Publication History

Received: 01 February 2020

Accepted: 23 March 2021

Article published online:
13 August 2021

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