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Speech perception.

Randy L Diehl1, Andrew J Lotto, Lori L Holt

  • 1Department of Psychology and Center for Perceptual Systems, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712-0187, USA. diehl@psy.utexas.edu

Annual Review of Psychology
|January 28, 2004
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Listeners extract speech sounds like consonants and vowels from acoustic signals. This study explores theoretical perspectives and research on speech perception, including categorical perception and phonetic context effects.

Area of Science:

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Auditory Neuroscience
  • Speech Science

Background:

  • Understanding spoken language requires decoding the acoustic signal into fundamental linguistic units.
  • Listeners must identify consonants and vowels, the building blocks of speech.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore how listeners extract basic speech sounds (consonants, vowels) from acoustic signals.
  • To review theoretical perspectives on speech perception.
  • To examine relevant research distinguishing these theories.

Main Methods:

  • Review of theoretical frameworks for speech perception.
  • Survey of research on categorical perception.
  • Analysis of phonetic context effects.
  • Examination of speech category learning.

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  • Investigation of speech perception-production links.

    • Main Results:

    • Multiple theoretical perspectives exist for speech perception.
    • Research on categorical perception, context effects, learning, and production provides insights.
    • Each major theory faces specific challenges.

    Conclusions:

    • The extraction of linguistic elements from the acoustic signal is a complex process.
    • Further research is needed to address challenges in current speech perception theories.