Effect of Musical Training on Perception of Temporal Fine Structure Cues in Children

The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of musical training on perception of temporal fine structure cues in children. Participants included 50 typical children within the age range of 8-10 years who were divided into two groups: Group 1 consisting of 25 musicians and group 2 consisted of 25 non musicians The participants in the first group were selected on the basis of more than one years of formal musical training in Carnatic music whereas that of group 2 had received no formal or informal musical training.Temporal fine structure perception was assessed in all the participants using TFS software package which is comprised of two modules, TFS1 (to determine TFS sensitivity at higher frequencies) and TFSLF (to determine TFS sensitivity at lower frequencies). Results showed that the mean TFS thresholds for musicians for all the frequencies were better than that of the non-