Brain research: 4% of the world is tone-deaf (has amusia)

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healthy11
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Brain research: 4% of the world is tone-deaf (has amusia) Oct 8, 2015 22:09:08 GMT -5

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Post by healthy11 on Oct 8, 2015 22:09:08 GMT -5

I wasn't really sure what part of the forum to post this article in, but since congenital amusia is a kind of agnosia, I figured it's worth sharing more information about it here in the disability section.

finance.yahoo.com/news/world-sounds-completely-different-4-160413295.html

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Brain research: 4% of the world is tone-deaf (has amusia) Oct 11, 2015 4:51:46 GMT -5

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Post by eoffg on Oct 11, 2015 4:51:46 GMT -5

Healthy, I've been thinking about that article, since you posted it?
While they say that Amusia doesn't appear to effect speech recognition.
What it makes me wonder, is how it would effect 'phonemic awareness'?
Which is basically the ability to be aware of the phonemic units within words.
Where pitch recognition, and pitch change, is an essential part of phoneme recognition, and the transition between phonemes?

Also with about 4% of people having some degree of Amusia?
Though I just found this article, which talks about Amusia effects the awareness of 'pitch contours'.
musicbrainerblogger.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/congenital-amusia-and-dyslexia.html