Medical condition
Amusia
is a
musical disorder
that appears mainly as a defect in processing
pitch
but also encompasses
musical memory
and recognition.
[1]
Two main classifications of amusia exist: acquired amusia, which occurs as a result of
brain damage
, and
congenital
amusia, which results from a music-processing anomaly present since birth.
Studies have shown that congenital amusia is a deficit in fine-grained pitch discrimination and that 4% of the population has this disorder.
[2]
Acquired amusia may take several forms. Patients with brain damage may experience the loss of ability to produce musical sounds while sparing
speech
,
[3]
much like
aphasics
lose speech selectively but can sometimes still
sing
.
[4]
[5]
Other forms of amusia may affect specific sub-processes of music processing. Current research has demonstrated
dissociations
between
rhythm
,
melody
, and emotional processing of music.
[6]
Amusia may include impairment of any combination of these skill sets.
Signs and symptoms
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Symptoms of amusia are generally categorized as receptive, clinical, or mixed. Symptoms of receptive amusia, sometimes referred to as "musical deafness" or "tone deafness",
[7]
include the inability to recognize familiar
melodies
, the loss of ability to read
musical notation
, and the inability to detect wrong or out-of tune notes.
[8]
Clinical, or expressive, symptoms include the loss of ability to sing, write
musical notation
, and/or play an instrument.
[9]
A mixed disorder is a combination of expressive and receptive impairment.
[
citation needed
]
Clinical symptoms of acquired amusia are much more variable than those of congenital amusia and are determined by the location and nature of the lesion.
[8]
Brain injuries may affect motor or expressive functioning, including the ability to sing, whistle, or hum a tune (oral-expressive amusia), the ability to play an instrument (instrumental amusia or musical apraxia), and the ability to write music (musical agraphia). Additionally, brain damage to the receptive dimension affects the faculty to discriminate tunes (receptive or sensorial amusia), the ability to read music (musical alessia), and the ability to identify songs that were familiar prior to the brain damage (amnesic amusia).
[
citation needed
]
Research suggests that patients with amusia also have difficulty when it comes to
spatial processing
.
[10]
Amusics performed more quickly than normal individuals on a combined task of both spatial and musical processing tasks, which is most likely due to their deficit. Normal individuals experience interference due to their intact processing of both musical and spatial tasks, while amusics do not.
[10]
Pitch processing normally depends on the cognitive mechanisms that are usually used to process spatial representations.
[10]
Those with congenital amusia show impaired performance on discrimination, identification and imitation of sentences with
intonational
differences in pitch direction in their final word. This suggests that amusia can in subtle ways impair language processing.
[11]
Social and emotional
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Amusic individuals have a remarkable sparing of emotional responses to music in the context of severe and lifelong deficits in processing music.
[12]
Some individuals with amusia describe music as unpleasant. Others simply refer to it as noise and find it annoying.
[
citation needed
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This can have social implications because amusics often try to avoid music, which in many social situations is not an option.
[
citation needed
]
In China and other countries where
tonal languages
are spoken, amusia may have a more pronounced social and emotional impact: difficulty in speaking and understanding the language.
[13]
However, context clues are often strong enough to determine the correct meaning, similarly to how
homophones
can be understood.
[14]
Related diseases
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Amusia has been classified as a learning disability that affects musical abilities.
[15]
Research suggests that in congenital amusia, younger subjects can be taught tone differentiation techniques. This finding leads researchers to believe that amusia is related to
dyslexia
and other similar disorders.
[16]
Research has been shown that amusia may be related to an increase in size of the
cerebral cortex
, which may be a result of a malformation in cortical development. Conditions such as dyslexia and
epilepsy
are due to a malformation in cortical development and also lead to an increase in cortical thickness, which leads researchers to believe that congenital amusia may be caused by the identical phenomenon in a different area of the brain.
[17]
Amusia is also similar to
aphasia
in that they affect similar areas of the
brain
near the
temporal lobe
. Most cases of those with amusia do not show any symptoms of aphasia. However, a number of cases have shown that those who have aphasia can exhibit symptoms of amusia, especially in acquired aphasia. The two are not mutually exclusive and having one does not imply possession of the other.
[15]
In acquired amusia, inability to perceive music correlates with an inability to perform other higher-level functions. In this case, as musical ability improves, so too do the higher cognitive functions which suggests that musical ability is closely related to these higher-level functions, such as
memory
and
learning
, mental flexibility, and semantic fluency.
[18]
Amusia can also be related to
aprosody
, a disorder in which the person's speech is affected, becoming extremely monotonous. It has been found that both amusia and aprosody can arise from seizures occurring in the non-dominant hemisphere. They can also both arise from lesions to the brain, as can Broca's aphasia come about simultaneously with amusia from injury. There is a relation between musical abilities and the components of speech; however, it is not understood very well.
[19]
Diagnosis
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The diagnosis of amusia requires multiple investigative tools all described in the Montreal Protocol for Identification of Amusia.
[20]
This protocol has at its center the Montreal Battery of Evaluation of Amusia (MBEA),
[21]
which involves a series of tests that evaluate the use of musical characteristics known to contribute to the memory and perception of conventional music,
[22]
but the protocol also allows for the ruling out of other conditions that can explain the clinical signs observed. The battery comprises six subtests which assess the ability to discriminate
pitch contour
,
musical scales
, pitch
intervals
, rhythm,
meter
, and memory.
[2]
An individual is considered amusic if they perform two
standard deviations
below the mean obtained by musically competent controls.
[
citation needed
]
This musical pitch disorder represents a phenotype that serves to identify the associated neuro-genetic factors.
[7]
Both MRI-based brain structural analyses and electroencephalography (EEG) are common methods employed to uncover brain anomalies associated with amusia (See
Neuroanatomy
).
[23]
Additionally,
voxel-based morphometry
(VBM) is used to detect anatomical differences between the MRIs of amusic brains and musically intact brains, specifically with respect increased and/or decreased amounts of white and grey matter.
[23]
Classifications
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There are two general classifications of amusia: congenital amusia and acquired amusia.
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citation needed
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Congenital amusia
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Congenital amusia
, commonly known as
tone deafness
or a tin ear,
[7]
refers to a musical disability that cannot be explained by prior brain lesion, hearing loss, cognitive defects, or lack of environmental stimulation,
[22]
and it affects about 4% of the population.
[2]
Individuals with congenital amusia seem to lack the musical predispositions with which most people are born.
[24]
They are unable to recognize or hum familiar tunes even if they have normal
audiometry
and above-average intellectual and memory skills. Also, they do not show sensitivity to dissonant chords in a melodic context, which, as discussed earlier, is one of the musical predispositions exhibited by infants. The hallmark of congenital amusia is a deficit in fine-grained pitch discrimination, and this deficit is most apparent when congenital amusics are asked to pick out a wrong note in a given melody.
[2]
If the distance between two successive pitches is small, congenital amusics are not able to detect a pitch change. As a result of this defect in pitch perception, a lifelong musical impairment may emerge due to a failure to internalize musical scales. A lack of fine-grained pitch discrimination makes it extremely difficult for amusics to enjoy and appreciate music, which consists largely of small pitch changes.
[24]
Tone-deaf people seem to be disabled only when it comes to music as they can fully interpret the
prosody
or
intonation
of human speech. Tone deafness has a strong negative
correlation
with belonging to societies with
tonal languages
.
[
citation needed
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This could be evidence that the ability to reproduce and distinguish between notes may be a learned skill; conversely, it may suggest that the genetic predisposition towards accurate pitch discrimination may influence the linguistic development of a population towards tonality. A correlation between
allele frequencies
and linguistic typological features has been recently discovered, supporting the latter hypothesis.
[25]
Tone deafness is also associated with other musical-specific impairments such as the inability to keep time with music (
beat deafness
, or the lack of
rhythm
), or the inability to remember or recognize a song. These disabilities can appear separately, but some research shows that they are more likely to appear in tone-deaf people.
[26]
Experienced musicians, such as
W. A. Mathieu
, have addressed tone deafness in adults as correctable with training.
[27]
Acquired amusia
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Acquired amusia
is a musical disability that shares the same characteristics as congenital amusia, but rather than being inherited, it is the result of brain damage.
[18]
It is also more common than congenital amusia.
[18]
While it has been suggested that music is processed by music-specific neural networks in the brain, this view has been broadened to show that music processing also encompasses generic cognitive functions, such as memory, attention, and executive processes.
[18]
A study was published in 2009 which investigated the neural and cognitive mechanisms that underlie acquired amusia and contribute to its recovery.
[18]
The study was performed on 53 stroke patients with a left or right hemisphere
middle cerebral artery
(MCA) infarction one week, three months, and six months after the stroke occurred.
[18]
Amusic subjects were identified one week following their stroke, and over the course of the study, amusics and non-amusics were compared in both brain lesion location and their performances on neuropsychological tests.
[
citation needed
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Results showed that there was no significant difference in the distribution of left and right hemisphere lesions between amusic and non-amusic groups, but that the amusic group had a significantly higher number of lesions to the
frontal lobe
and
auditory cortex
.
[18]
Temporal lobe
lesions were also observed in patients with amusia. Amusia is a common occurrence following an
ischemic
MCA stroke, as evidenced by the 60% of patients who were found to be amusic at the one-week post-stroke stage.
[18]
While significant recovery takes place over time, amusia can persist for long periods of time.
[18]
Test results suggest that acquired amusia and its recovery in the post-stroke stage are associated with a variety of cognitive functions, particularly attention, executive functioning and working memory.
[18]
Neuroanatomy
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Neurologically intact individuals appear to be born musical. Even before they are able to talk, infants show remarkable musical abilities that are similar to those of adults in that they are sensitive to
musical scales
and a regular
tempo
.
[2]
Also, infants are able to differentiate between
consonant and dissonant
intervals. These perceptual skills indicate that music-specific predispositions exist.
[2]
Prolonged exposure to music develops and refines these skills. Extensive musical training does not seem to be necessary in the processing of
chords
and
keys
.
[2]
The development of musical competence most likely depends on the encoding of pitch along musical scales and maintaining a regular
pulse
, both of which are key components in the structure of music and aid in perception, memory, and performance.
[2]
Also, the encoding of pitch and temporal regularity are both likely to be specialized for music processing.
[2]
Pitch perception is absolutely crucial to processing music. The use of scales and the organization of scale tones around a central tone (called the
tonic
) assign particular importance to notes in the scale and cause non-scale notes to sound out of place. This enables the listener to ascertain when a wrong note is played. However, in individuals with amusia, this ability is either compromised or lost entirely.
[2]
Music-specific neural networks exist in the brain for a variety of music-related tasks. It has been shown that
Broca's area
is involved in the processing of musical syntax.
[28]
Furthermore, brain damage can disrupt an individual's ability to tell the difference between
tonal
and
atonal
music and detect the presence of wrong notes, but can preserve the individual's ability to assess the distance between pitches and the direction of the pitch.
[2]
The opposite scenario can also occur, in which the individual loses pitch discrimination capabilities, but can sense and appreciate the tonal context of the work. Distinct neural networks also exist for music memories, singing, and music recognition. Neural networks for music recognition are particularly intriguing. A patient can undergo brain damage that renders them unable to recognize familiar melodies that are presented without words. However, the patient maintains the ability to recognize spoken lyrics or words, familiar voices, and environmental sounds.
[2]
The reverse case is also possible, in which the patient cannot recognize spoken words, but can still recognize familiar melodies. These situations overturn previous claims that speech recognition and music recognition share a single processing system.
[2]
Instead, it is clear that there are at least two distinct processing modules: one for speech and one for music.
[2]
Many research studies of individuals with amusia show that a number of cortical regions appear to be involved in processing music. Some report that the
primary auditory cortex
, secondary auditory cortex, and
limbic system
are responsible for this faculty, while more recent studies suggest that lesions in other cortical areas, abnormalities in cortical thickness, and deficiency in neural connectivity and brain plasticity may contribute to amusia. While various causes of amusia exist, some general findings that provide insight to the brain mechanisms involved in music processing are discussed below.
[8]
Pitch relations
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Studies suggest that the analysis of pitch is primarily controlled by the right temporal region of the brain. The right secondary auditory cortex processes pitch change and manipulation of fine tunes; specifically, this region distinguishes the multiple pitches that characterize melodic tunes as
contour
(pitch direction) and interval (frequency ratio between successive notes) information.
[29]
The right superior temporal gyrus recruits and evaluates contour information, while both right and left temporal regions recruit and evaluate interval information.
[30]
In addition, the right anterolateral part of Heschl's gyrus (primary auditory cortex) is also concerned with processing pitch information.
[31]
Temporal relations
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The brain analyzes the temporal (rhythmic) components of music in two ways: (1) it segments the ongoing sequences of music into temporal events based on duration, and (2) it groups those temporal events to understand the underlying beat to music. Studies on rhythmic discrimination reveal that the right temporal auditory cortex is responsible for temporal segmenting, and the left temporal auditory cortex is responsible for temporal grouping.
[32]
[33]
Other studies suggest the participation of motor cortical areas in rhythm perception and production.
[34]
Therefore, a lack of involvement and networking between bilateral temporal cortices and neural motor centers may contribute to both congenital and acquired amusia.
[8]
Memory
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Memory is required in order to process and integrate both melodic and rhythmic aspects of music. Studies suggest that there is a rich interconnection between the right temporal gyrus and frontal cortical areas for working memory in music appreciation.
[35]
[36]
This connection between the temporal and frontal regions of the brain is extremely important since these regions play critical roles in music processing. Changes in the temporal areas of the amusic brain are most likely associated with deficits in pitch perception and other musical characteristics, while changes in the frontal areas are potentially related to deficits in cognitive processing aspects, such as memory, that are needed for musical discrimination tasks.
[18]
Memory is also concerned with the recognition and internal representation of tunes, which help to identify familiar songs and confer the ability to sing tunes in one's head. The activation of the superior temporal region and left inferior temporal and frontal areas is responsible for the recognition of familiar songs,
[30]
and the right auditory cortex (a perceptual mechanism) is involved in the internal representation of tunes.
[37]
These findings suggest that any abnormalities and/or injuries to these regions of the brain could facilitate amusia.
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citation needed
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Other regions of the brain possibly linked to amusia
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- Lesions in (or the absence of) associations between the right temporal lobe and inferior frontal lobe. In nine of ten tone-deaf people, the superior
arcuate fasciculus
in the right hemisphere could not be detected, suggesting a disconnection between the posterior superior temporal gyrus and the posterior inferior frontal gyrus. Researchers suggested the posterior superior temporal gyrus was the origin of the disorder.
[38]
- Cortical thickness and reduced
white matter
? in a recent study,
voxel-based morphometry
, an imaging technique used to explore structural differences in the brain, revealed a decrease in white matter concentration in the right
inferior frontal gyrus
of amusic individuals as compared to controls.
[39]
Lack of extensive exposure to music could be a contributing factor to this white matter reduction.
[39]
For example, amusic individuals may be less inclined to listen to music than others, which could ultimately cause reduced
myelination
of connections to the frontal areas of the brain.
[39]
- Involvement of the parahippocampal gyrus (responsible for the emotional reaction to music)
[8]
Treatment
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Currently, no forms of treatment have proven effective in treating amusia. One study has shown tone differentiation techniques to have some success; however, future research on treatment of this disorder will be necessary to verify this technique as an appropriate treatment.
[15]
History
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In 1825,
Franz Joseph Gall
mentioned a "musical organ" in a specific region of the human brain that could be spared or disrupted after a traumatic event resulting in brain damage.
[40]
In 1865,
Jean-Baptiste Bouillaud
described the first series of cases that involved the loss of music abilities that were due to brain injury. In 1878,
Grant Allen
was the first to describe in the medical literature what would later be termed congenital amusia, calling it "note-deafness".
[41]
[42]
Later, during the late nineteenth century, several influential neurologists studied language in an attempt to construct a
theory of cognition
. While not studied as thoroughly as language, music and visual processing were also studied. In 1888?1890,
August Knoblauch
produced a cognitive model for music processing and termed it amusia. This model for music processing was the earliest produced.
[43]
While the possibility that certain individuals may be born with musical deficits is not a new notion, the first documented case of congenital amusia was published only in 2002.
[22]
The study was conducted with a female volunteer, referred to as Monica, who declared herself to be musically impaired in response to an advertisement in the newspaper.
[22]
Monica had no psychiatric or neurological history, nor did she have any hearing loss. MRI scans showed no abnormalities. Monica also scored above average on a standard intelligence test, and her working memory was evaluated and found to be normal. However, Monica had a lifelong inability to recognize or perceive music, which had persisted even after involvement with music through church choir and band during her childhood and teenage years.
[22]
Monica said that she does not enjoy listening to music because, to her, it sounded like noise and evoked a stressful response.
In order to determine if Monica's disorder was amusia, she was subjected to the MBEA series of tests. One of the tests dealt with Monica's difficulties in discriminating pitch variations in sequential notes. In this test, a pair of melodies was played, and Monica was asked if the second melody in the pair contained a wrong note.
[22]
Monica's score on this test was well below the average score generated by the control group.
[22]
Further tests showed that Monica struggled with recognizing highly familiar melodies, but that she had no problems in recognizing the voices of well-known speakers. Thus, it was concluded that Monica's deficit seemed limited to music.
[22]
A later study showed that not only do amusics experience difficulty in discriminating variations in pitch, but they also exhibit deficits in perceiving patterns in pitch.
[44]
This finding led to another test that was designed to assess the presence of a deficiency in pitch perception.
[22]
In this test, Monica heard a sequence of five piano tones of constant pitch followed by a comparison sequence of five piano tones in which the fourth tone could be the same pitch as the other notes in the sequence or a completely different pitch altogether. Monica was asked to respond "yes" if she detected a pitch change on the fourth tone or respond "no" if she could not detect a pitch change. Results showed that Monica could barely detect a pitch change as large as two
semitones
(
whole tone
), or half steps.
[22]
While this pitch-processing deficit is extremely severe, it does not seem to include speech intonation.
[22]
This is because pitch variations in speech are very coarse compared with those used in music.
[2]
In conclusion, Monica's learning disability arose from a basic problem in pitch discrimination, which is viewed as the origin of congenital amusia.
[22]
Research
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Over the past decade,
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]
much has been discovered about amusia. However, there remains a great deal more to learn. While a method of treatment for people with amusia has not been defined, tone differentiation techniques have been used on amusic patients with some success. It was found with this research that children reacted positively to these tone differentiation techniques, while adults found the training annoying.
[15]
However, further research in this direction would aid in determining if this would be a viable treatment option for people with amusia. Additional research can also serve to indicate which processing component in the brain is essential for normal music development.
[22]
Also, it would be extremely beneficial to investigate musical learning in relation to amusia since this could provide valuable insights into other forms of learning disabilities such as
dysphasia
and dyslexia.
[45]
[22]
Notable cases
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In fiction
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See also
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