Is singing out of tune a disease?

Pull a group of friends to sing together during the break at the end of the year, for fear of meeting Mai Ba's "out of tune king". They obviously can't sing well, but they often enjoy it, completely ignoring the hearing feelings of other friends. However, when you complain that they are out of tune, you should also pay attention. Don't misunderstand these "out-of-tune kings", because they are not selfish ghosts who don't care about other people's feelings, but may suffer from "song loss"

Congenital factor

Differences in brain development do not affect life, so don't worry.

In life, many people will be tone-deaf. After all, it is impossible for everyone to be a singer, but this does not mean that these people all have "singing losses." Zhang, director of the Department of Neurology of tianjin huanhu hospital, said that some people may not have received professional music training since childhood and lack the ability to grasp timbre. As long as they practice professionally, they can have a wonderful voice. And some people, under the influence of congenital or acquired brain physiology, find it difficult to make a correct judgment on tone and scale. These people may be suffering from "aphonia".

According to media reports, in a study, it was found that 4% people had this problem of singing out of tune. So, how did the "Song Kui" come from? Zhang Guobin, the deputy chief physician of neurosurgery in this hospital, believes that agraphia is an aphasia, which is mostly caused by the development differences of functional areas related to the dominant hemisphere of the brain, or secondary to other diseases. Because this area is generally in charge of the language center and logical thinking ability, when the "module" of music processing is affected, patients will have problems in the auditory process, that is, the so-called pentatonic scale, such as not being able to detect the difference of melody, leading to music-related memory disorders, and even not hearing discordant tunes.

Generally speaking, pitch recognition disorder is not a clinical disease, so even if you are classified as "out of tune" because of singing, there is nothing to worry about, just like "some people are good at remembering numbers, while others are good at remembering numbers". These are just differences in the development of the brain itself, so don't worry too much.

Acquired sexual orientation

Organic brain lesions may be accompanied by headache, dizziness and hallucinations.

If you really suffer from aphonia, it's a big deal not to bully others, but if you are a serious aphonia patient, even if you adopt this attitude of "cherishing sound and nourishing nature", you can't get along with the outside world completely, because some media reported that the symptom of aphonia is that you can't distinguish the pitch from the nuanced notes.

In addition, some acquired factors will also become a stumbling block on Song Youyou's road. For example, singing out of tune, if accompanied by headache, dizziness, hallucinations and other physical discomfort symptoms, you should immediately seek medical attention for brain examination to rule out some organic diseases. Zhang reminded that because "aphasia" is a kind of aphasia, both functional and organic lesions can cause aphasia. Clinically, a few patients have inflammation, bleeding, trauma, infarction and tumor. Where the brain is in charge of language, it leads to the damage of language center, and also leads to unclear language or singing out of tune. Therefore, the acquired "aphonia" is actually more terrible than the congenital one, so we must diagnose and treat it early. This group wrote an article by our reporter Teng Yuanyuan.

Typical manifestations of "aphonia"

1. Hearing, intelligence and memory are normal, but they can't perceive tone changes. To them, most songs sound the same. If they can't hear the lyrics, they can't even hear the familiar songs. Discordant chords make most people avoid them, but they don't feel uncomfortable.

2. "Aphonia" patients can't sing a song accurately, but they often don't realize it and think they sing well.

3. For some aphonia patients, music is as uncomfortable as tapping a water pipe with a wrench, but for most patients, music will only confuse them.

4. Most people can easily distinguish the subtle differences in pitch, but for patients with agraphia, even if the two sounds differ by an octave, they may still be unaware of this change.