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¹Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 1B1.

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Speech motor learning changes how we perceive sounds. Practicing speech with altered feedback alters auditory perception, demonstrating a link between motor adaptation and sensory processing.

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Speech Science
Motor Control

Background:

The relationship between sensory and motor plasticity is not fully understood.
Motor learning may influence sensory systems, particularly in speech production and perception.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if speech motor learning modifies sensory function, specifically the auditory map.
To determine if altered somatosensory feedback during speech impacts auditory perception.

Main Methods:

Utilized a robotic device to perturb jaw movements and alter somatosensory feedback during speech.
Assessed speech motor learning through adaptation to mechanical perturbations.
Measured changes in perceptual classification of speech sounds post-motor learning.

Main Results:

Speakers progressively corrected for mechanical jaw perturbations with practice.
Motor learning led to systematic shifts in speech sound perception.
The extent of perceptual change correlated with the degree of motor learning.
Control groups without adaptation showed no perceptual changes.

Conclusions:

Speech motor learning induces changes in auditory perceptual function.
The somatosensory system plays a role in the neural processing of speech sounds.
This suggests a plasticity link between motor and sensory systems in speech.