amusia

Also see tone deaf.

Amusia, commonly called tone-deafness, is a congenital or acquired condition in which neural pathways in the brain prevent pitch and sound from being communicated to parts of the brain that help distinguish them. While a person with amusia may hear tones and sounds, they will not process the individual differences in tones and sounds. There is no cure. About 4 percent of the population has congenital amusia.

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