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The features shared by speech and music are particularly noticeable in prosody. The results of studies on the connections between perception processes of the two phenomena, although important from the perspective of the use of music in measures serving to shape the prosody of speech, are described comparatively seldom in literature. There are also few reports concerning persons with impaired hearing. The article presents the results of the authors’ own research on the perception of musical phenomena – melody and rhythm as well as intonation in speech by prelingual hearing-impaired children with hearing aids. As compared with the control group, the results show a lower perception skill of the subjects in respect of all these phenomena. The weakest disorders are reported in the perception of intonation structures, while the strongest – in the perception of instrumental melodies.