What percentage of the American population is tone deaf?

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Judging by the entrants on American Pop Idol, I would say that 99.99% are. Apr 01 04, 1:41 AM

Kainantu

Pardon? Apr 01 04, 3:46 AM

supermary345

Tone deaf, not stone deaf!!!! Apr 01 04, 9:09 AM

McGruff

I'm not finding a percentage for Americans specifically, however, several sites mention 4 percent as a general figure. Are you catastrophic at karaoke? Does your warbling drive the neighbourhood cats into a frenzy? If so, you may be one of the four percent afflicted by tone deafness, or amusia, which may be present from birth or caused by a brain injury. http://www.saga.co.uk/health_news/pages/article.asp?id=8808421D-4500-4A81-A761-1CE306E07AF6&bhcp=1 By tuning in to brain activity patterns, researchers say they've finally been able to identify part of what goes wrong in the brains of people who are tone deaf. According to a study appearing in the current issue of the Annals of Neurology, people with amusia, the scientific term for tone deafness, have abnormal activity in the right side of the brain. According to the study - which was conducted by researchers in Canada and Finland - some 4 percent of people suffer from congenital amusia, or tone deafness present since birth. As a result, they are unable to enjoy music in the way ordinary people do. Because amusia is related to speech and reading disorders such as dyslexia, the findings may have implications not only for tone deafness, but for speech learning as well, experts say. http://www.health24.com/news/Hearing_management/1-1239,33151.asp">http://www.health24.com/news/Hearing_management/1-1239,33151.asp Nov 27 05, 9:57 AM

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