Research output per year
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.
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Links of Prosodic Stress Perception and Musical Activities to Language Skills of Children With Cochlear Implants and Normal Hearing
Torppa, R., Faulkner, A., Laasonen, M., Lipsanen, J. & Sammler, D., 2020, In: Ear and Hearing. 41, 2, p. 395-410 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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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
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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
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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
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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 AccessFile
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MULAPAPU-How musical training and singing improve speech and language skills of children with hearing loss
Torppa, R., Aarnisalo, A., Nissilä, I., Laakso, M. S. M., Sammler, D., Jaschke, A., Xu, L., Service, E., Huhtinen-Hilden, L., Pekkala, S. & Lipsanen, J.
Stiftelsen Leo, Mary och Mary-Ann Hackman
02/09/2019 → 31/12/2025
Project: Research project
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The Role of Music in Families of Children with Hearing Loss
Torppa, R., Looi, V. & Kaila, E.
03/04/2017 → …
Project: Research project
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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, 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 → 31/12/2016
Project: Research Evaluation 2011
Prizes
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Honored member of of LapCI ry (Finnish association for children with Cochlear Implants and their families)
Torppa, Ritva (Recipient), 21 Apr 2017
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Activities
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Current results of research on music training in children with cochlear implant
Ritva Torppa (Invited speaker)
19 Oct 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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The MMN and P3a as an objective marker of auditory skills in CI users
Ritva Torppa (Invited speaker)
20 Oct 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Role of singing in children with cochlear implants and their families
Ritva Torppa (Invited speaker)
24 Oct 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Mitä musiikki antaa istutelapselle
Ritva Torppa (Invited speaker)
12 Apr 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Musiikin havaitseminen ja musiikin rooli lasten perheissä
Ritva Torppa (Invited speaker)
5 Nov 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Press / Media
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How musical activities help speech perception
14/12/2021
2 Media contributions
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"Jos syntyy kuurona, millä kielellä vauva oppii ajattelemaan?"
26/11/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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MED-EL Podcast "Musical Experience and Spoken Language Development"
07/06/2021
1 item of Media coverage
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Children do not learn to speak only by listening - A pseech therapist tells an easy way to advance the developmen of spoken language
23/07/2020
1 Media contribution
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Eläinten äänten matkiminen kehittää lapsen puhetta
01/06/2020
1 Media contribution
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