Research Output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
My main research interest is to study if and how musical activities involving singing improve speech perception and language skills and cortical functioning of children with hearing loss. The goal is to develop their rehabilitation and quality of life. The research methodologies include measurements of Event Related Potentials (ERPs), computer-based behavioural experiments and language tests.
Education/Academic qualification
Logopedics, University lecturer, PhD
Fields of Science
- 6163 Logopedics
- 515 Psychology
- Cognitive neuroscience
- 999 Others
- Speech processing
- Music perception
- Auditory processing
- Music perception and cognition, music analysis, performance
- Rehabilitation of spoken language
- Auditory working memory
- Auditory attention
- event-related potential (ERP
- Speech and language therapy
- Cochlear Implants
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications 2006 2019
Links of prosodic stress perception and musical activities to language skills of children with CIs and normal hearing
Torppa, R., Faulkner, A., Laasonen, M., Lipsanen, J. & Sammler, D., 2019, In : Ear and Hearing. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
Why and how music can be used to rehabilitate and develop speech and language skills in hearing-impaired children
Torppa, R. & Huotilainen, M., 1 Sep 2019, In : Hearing Research. 380, p. 108-122 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Developmental links between speech perception in noise, singing, and cortical processing of music in children with cochlear implants
Torppa, R., Faulkner, A., Kujala, T., Huotilainen, M. & Lipsanen, J., Dec 2018, In : Music Perception. 36, 2, p. 156-174 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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The perception of prosody and associated auditory cues in early-implanted children: The role of auditory working memory and musical activities
Torppa, R., Faulkner, A., Huotilainen, M., Jaervikivi, J., Lipsanen, J., Laasonen, M. & Vainio, M., Mar 2014, In : International Journal of Audiology. 53, 3, p. 182-191 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Interplay between singing and cortical processing of music: a longitudinal study in children with cochlear implants
Torppa, R., Huotilainen, M., Leminen, M., Lipsanen, J. & Tervaniemi, M., 10 Dec 2014, In : Frontiers in Psychology. 5, 16 p., 1389.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Projects 2011 2017
- 2 Active
The Role of Music in Families of Children with Hearing Loss
Torppa, R., Looi, V. & Kaila, E.
03/04/2017 → …
Project: Research project
Cognitive Neuroscience Cluster (CNC)
Brattico, E., Huotilainen, M., Iivonen, T., Istok, E., Jansson-Verkasalo, E. M. M., Koskinen, S. M., Korostenskaja, M., Krohn, K. I., Kujala, T., Kuuluvainen, S., Mittag, M., Mäki-Karjalainen, H. T., Lepistö, T., Lindström, R., Lovio, R. K., Novitski, N., Näätänen, R., Osipova, D., Paavilainen, P., Pakarinen, S., Partanen, E., Putkinen, V., Rämä, P., Shestakova, A., Seppänen, M. S. A., Simoens, V., Simola, P., Särkämö, T., Takegata, R., Teinonen, T. O., Tervaniemi, M., Torppa, R., van Zuijen, T., Ylinen, S., Krause, C., Hiltunen, S., Kuula-Paavola, L., Leminen, A., Pesonen, M. J., Alho, K., Gumenyuk, V., Degerman, A. S., Laari, S. P. K., Koistinen, S. M., Kujala, A. M., Rinne, T., Salmitaival, J. & Salo, E.
25/02/2011 → …
Project: Research Evaluation 2011
Prizes
Honored member of of LapCI ry (Finnish association for children with Cochlear Implants and their families)
Ritva Torppa (Recipient), 21 Apr 2017
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities 2007 2018
Current results of research on music training in children with cochlear implant
Ritva Torppa (Invited speaker)19 Oct 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
The MMN and P3a as an objective marker of auditory skills in CI users
Ritva Torppa (Invited speaker)20 Oct 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Role of singing in children with cochlear implants and their families
Ritva Torppa (Invited speaker)24 Oct 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Mitä musiikki antaa istutelapselle
Ritva Torppa (Invited speaker)12 Apr 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Musiikin havaitseminen ja musiikin rooli lasten perheissä
Ritva Torppa (Invited speaker)5 Nov 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Press / Media
Radio interview: Radio France (francemusique)
07/12/2015
1 Media contribution
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Magazine article: Nappi (The magazine of Finnish Association of Parents of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children )
01/12/2015
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Magazine article: Kuuloviesti (The magazine of Federation of Hard of Hearing)
09/11/2015
1 Media contribution
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