Friday, January 18, 2013 - Musical expression and hearing health - Pr Petit

The toddler's interaction with the sound environment

Have you ever heard of the "Mozart effect", or how music can enhance intellectual capacity? And what about, for example, the sound of toys or musical objects with which toddlers sometimes play and fall asleep? Are sound stimuli for toddlers always appropriate for their young ears? What impact do the sounds they hear have on their development?

Semaine du Son invites specialists to discuss the question of brain and auditory development before the age of 3.

5:00 pm - The physiological aspect

• The brain's auditory plasticity
  Christine Petit, member of the Académie des Sciences, Professor at the Collège de France, Chair of Genetics and Cellular Physiology, Professor at the Institut Pasteur.
• Speech and noise
  Dr Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz, pediatrician and CNRS research director (Developmental Neuroimaging team)

6:00 pm - The environmental aspect

• "These toys that break our ears". Presentation of the survey published in the December issue of 60 millions de consommateurs magazine
  Fanny Guibert, journalist, 60 millions de consommateurs
• Towards a better understanding of the sound environment in day nurseries. Presentation of the pedagogical project set up by the CIDB to support early childhood staff
  Valérie Rozec, CIDB sociologist

19:00 - The psychological and behavioral aspect

• Musical toys and the absence of silence
  Dr AlainVanier, psychiatrist
• The role of sounds and music in toddler development
  Pr.Hung Thai-Van (to be confirmed), Deputy Head of the Audiology and Orofacial Explorations Department, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, member of the PACS: Parole, Audiologie Communication et Santé research group