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“NPT Arts Break” (01:46)

An introduction to Music for Seniors’ services and history, featuring Musician Partners Lady Corder Chapman and Stephen Curnow, founder Sarah Martin McConnell and Program Director Matt Bridges.

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Music Training:

Lifelong Investment to Protect the Brain from Aging and Hearing Loss by Nina Kraus & Travis White-Schwoch
 “Age-related declines in auditory processing are not inevitable.” Studies of older individuals who have played instruments for their entire lives reveal they have fewer challenges with hearing than non-musicians later in life. “Music

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Music Benefits Across Lifespan:

Enhanced Processing of Speech in Noise by Nina Kraus, PhD, & Samira Anderson, AuD, PhD This article addresses the effects of music training through different stages of life. At the end it suggests that “a music-based auditory training program may provide significant benefits for neural processing and speech perception in

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Hearing Research magazine:

Special Issue on Music from The Parkinson’s Foundation See an impressive graphic showing how musicians and non musicians process sound over their lifetimes.

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Art and Music

from the Alzheimer’s Association “Even in the late-stages of Alzheimer’s, a person may be able to tap a beat or sing lyrics to a song from childhood. Music provides a way to connect, even after verbal communication has become difficult.” Read the full article here

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Older Adults Benefit from Music Training Early in Life:

Biological Evidence for Long-Term Training-Driven Plasticity by Travis White-Schwoch, Kali Woodruff Carr, Samira Anderson, Dana L. Strait, and Nina Kraus Studies addressed in this article examine the effects of nominal, moderate and lifelong amounts of music training. Results show that not only does lifelong music training help diminish age-related declines,

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