Editing Multilingualism (section)

===Auditory ability===
Bilingual and multilingual individuals are shown to have superior auditory processing abilities compared to monolingual individuals.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kumar |first1=Kaushlendra |last2=Raghavan |first2=Sreeshma | last3=Kalaiah |first3=Mohan |date=2020 |title=A comparison of temporal processing and spectral processing abilities of monolingual, bilingual and multilingual children |url= |journal=International Journal of Audiology |volume=59 |issue=7 |pages=501–505 |doi=10.1080/14992027.2020.1720921 |pmc= |pmid= 32022604|s2cid=211037029 |access-date= |name-list-style=vanc}}</ref> Several investigations have compared auditory processing abilities of monolingual and bilingual individuals using tasks such as gap detection, temporal ordering, pitch pattern recognition etc. In general, results of studies have reported superior performance among bilingual and multilingual individuals. Furthermore, among bilingual individuals, one's level of proficiency in one's second language was also reported to influence auditory processing abilities.