Blind people and experienced musicians distinguish pitches better, with less brain noise

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A study compared tone detection and pitch discrimination in people who are blind and sighted, as well as in experienced musicians. The research, led by Woon Ju Park of the Georgia Institute of Technology, examines whether blindness or musical experience is associated with better pitch perception and less neural noise.

Are people who have been blind for most of their lives better at hearing than sighted individuals? In a new study in JNeurosci, Woon Ju Park, from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and colleagues explored this question by comparing tone detection and pitch discrimination in people with and without sight.