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Published on: August 9, 2024
Reading ability influences native and non-native voice recognition, even for unimpaired readers
Minal A Kadam1, Adriel John Orena2, Rachel M Theodore1
1Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Connecticut, 850 Bolton Road, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA.
Abstract:
Research suggests that phonological ability exerts a gradient influence on talker identification, including evidence that adults and children with reading disability show impaired talker recognition for native and non-native languages. The present study examined whether this relationship is also observed among unimpaired readers. Learning rate and generalization of learning in a talker identification task were examined in average and advanced readers who were tested in both native and non-native language conditions. The results indicate that even among unimpaired readers, phonological competence as captured by reading ability exerts a gradient influence on perceptual learning for talkers' voices.
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