Choral Singing

Singing may be relevant to dementia prevention because it improves speech perception in noise and hearing loss is a dementia risk factor. The article reports several documented benefits of singing, including quality-of-life and health-service-related outcomes. Singing is described as involving left-hemisphere language processes and right-hemisphere singing-task processes. The choral singing arm teaches new songs, listening to others, unified sound, singing technique, musical terminology, and repertoire review. The choral repertoire includes familiar and unfamiliar music in multiple languages.