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vicky

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The theorists who argue for a special mechanism approach to speech perception emphasize that humans have a special-purpose portion of the brain that makes speech perception easier. They call this special mechanism a
 
  a. phonemic restoration unit.
  b. coarticulation device.
  c. phonetic module.
  d. categorical perception module.

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Which of the following students best summarizes the information about visual cues and speech perception?
 
  a. Dawan: Adults who have normal hearing often fail to appreciate the visual cues, even though these cues are helpful.
  b. Cheryl: Surprisingly, adults can perceive speech just as accurately without visual cues as they can with visual cues.
  c. Ralph: Adults cannot distinguish among the visual cues associated with the phonemes, so they do not link these cues with the auditory stimuli.
  d. Tiffany: Although children pay attention to these visual cues, adults do not.


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ApricotDream

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Ans: c

Answer to Question 2

Ans: a


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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
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