少时学乐器可防听力衰退_BEC初级作文

少时学乐器可防听力衰退

The world’s most famous musician, Ludwig Van Beethoven, may have been totally deaf – but new research suggests learning to play an instrument can actually stop you from losing your hearing.

或许世界上最著名的音乐家路德维希·凡·贝多芬已完全听不见了，但新的研究表示，实际上学习演奏乐器可以防治听力衰退。

Researchers have found the first evidence that lifelong musicians can experience less age-related hearing problems than those who never practiced a tune.

研究人员已经发现了第一个证据。比起那些从不接触音乐的人来说，终身音乐家很少遭受由于年龄增长而带来的听力衰退问题。

It’s the type of news which will make millions of people wish they’d listened to their parents’ nagging about keeping up the piano lessons.

这类消息会让数百万的人后悔为什么小时没有听从父母的唠叨，坚持练习钢琴。

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Previously it had only been known that highly trained musicians have highly developed auditory abilities compared to non-musicians.

以前，我们只知道，比起没有受过正规音乐训练的人们，受过高等音乐训练的音乐家具有高度发达的听觉能力。

This new study is the first to examine hearing abilities in musicians and non-musicians across the age spectrum – from 18 to 91 years of age. It found that lifelong musicianship can delay age-related decline by 20 years. In the study, 74 musicians (ages 19-91) and 89 non-musicians (ages 18-86) participated in a series of auditory assessments.