In education, music plays a very important role. Music can remediate and habilitate when taught in a knowledgeable, loving and supportive environment. A research study conducted by the German Socio-economic Panel (2013), says this about music lessons: “Music improves cognitive and non-cognitive skills more than twice as much as sports, theatre or dance.” The study found that children, who take music lessons “have better cognitive skills and school grades and are more conscientious, open and ambitious.”

Milestones in music and language can be measured from birth to nine years. These milestones are an indication of the child’s ability to hear (input), give meaning (process) and respond (output) to sound. Any parent or professional who has an interest in the influence of music on a child’s development will benefit from this module.

Music will have an influence on the development of all children, regardless of the presence of impairment. For the purposes of this module, emphasis will be placed on the child with hearing loss, or a child with normal hearing and auditory processing disorder.

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