Research Article Music Perception Influences Language Acquisition: Melodic and Rhythmic-Melodic Perception in Children with Specific Language Impairment

License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Language and music share many properties, with a particularly strong overlap for prosody. Prosodic cues are generally regarded as crucial for language acquisition. Previous research has indicated that children with SLI fail to make use of these cues. As processing of prosodic information involves similar skills to those required inmusic perception, we comparedmusic perception skills (melodic and rhythmic-melodic perception and melody recognition) in a group of children with SLI