The relationship between music aptitude and sound conceptualization of the visually impaired

Author(s): Darrow, Alice A.

Journal/Book: Journal of Music Therapy. 1989; 26: 71-78.

Abstract: Compared scores of 32 sight-impaired students (aged 9-20 yrs) on the Musical Aptitude Profile (MAP) with their performance on a test devised by A. R. Walker (1981) to pair visual imagery with musical stimuli. Results indicate that Ss' mean score on the MAP was almost identical to the composite mean for similar age-matched sighted students (A. R. Walker, 1985). Walker's test yielded a lower mean. Analysis of Ss' preferred vs "correct" responses on Walker's test revealed that Ss' "errors" were not random but evidenced a different image construct.

Note: visual imagery; musical aptitude assessed by Musical Aptitude Profile vs Walker Test; 9 20 yr old sight impaired students; implications for music therapy

Keyword(s): Visually handicapped; imagery ; musical ability; measurement ; special education students; music therapy; school age children; childhood ; adolescence ; adulthood

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