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Objectives. This Master’s Thesis is part of the MULAPAPU (Miten MUsiikki-interventio ja LAulu PArantavat kuulovammaisten lasten Puhekieltä) research project and focuses on the first year pilot data. The aim of this Masters Thesis is to find out whether a music intervention of 6 or 10 weeks has an effect on how hearing-impaired children aged 2 to 6 years perform in a nonword repetition test, in repeating the number of syllables and word stresses correct as well as on their performance in the vocabulary use test. In addition, the aim is to examine whether music intervention has similar effects both on the performance in the nonword repetition test and in the vocabulary test and whether there is a correlation between them. Methods. The sample consisted of the results of 9 children using cochlear implant and/or hearing aid in the nonword repetition test and the Bo Ege vocabulary test. Four of the children participated in the music intervention in the autumn 2019 and five in the spring 2020. The effects of the intervention were analyzed by calculating percentages and averages which were presented in figures. The performance of both groups before and after the intervention was analyzed with one-sample t-test. Possible differences between the spring and autumn group on the effectiveness of the intervention were examined with the Mann-Whitney U-test. The Spearman correlation coefficient was used to examine whether music intervention has similar effects both on the performance in the nonword repetition test and in the vocabulary use test and whether there is a correlation between them. Results and conclusions. The research results show that the use of vocabulary was improved by the music intervention but no evidence was found that music intervention would improve repeating syllables or word stresses correct. No statistically significant difference was found in the performance of the autumn and spring group. When examining whether the music intervention has similar effects both on the performance in the nonword repetition test and in the vocabulary use test and whether there is a correlation between them, no significant correlation was identified. Due to the small number of the research subjects, further research is needed to draw reliable conclusions.