Interaction of Musicianship and Aging: A Comparison of Cortical Auditory Evoked Potentials

Table 1

Summary of older musician musical history.

Musician	Age (years)	Age training initiated (years)	Instrument/voice	Total years training	Total years music making	Average hours per week
OM1	61	8	I	10	52	4
OM2	67	8	I	7	59	2
OM3	61	8	I/V	20	29	2
OM4	58	10	I/V	8	20	0
OM5	65	13	I/V	17	52	13
OM6	64	8	I	8	50	2
OM7	59	16	I/V	8	43	3
OM8	65	8	I/V	14	57	8
Mean	62.5 yrs	9.87 yrs		11.5 yrs	45.25 yrs	4 h 15 mins/wk
Range	58–67 yrs	8–13 yrs		7–20 yrs	20–59 yrs	0–13 hrs