One side effect of this sluggishness is the inability to process the fast-moving parts of speech, particularly consonants at the beginning of words that sound alike, such as "b," "p," "g," and "d".
These are combinations of phonemes, that is, small units of speech sound (consonants or vowels) that are capable of conveying a distinction in meaning.
Research into speech perception of consonant clusters may indicate whether problems in reading consonant clusters that persist despite intervention stem from slow speed of speech perception.
Convergence of different delay lines on single neurones has been suggested as a mechanism for distinguishing consonant speech sounds like b and p (Miller 1987), as well as for a variety of other perceptual and cognitive functions involving time intervals up to a few hundred milliseconds.
We methodically designed and developed a subjective intelligibility testing of Thai speech for initial consonants based on the diagnostic rhyme test (DRT).
Future tests of the PAM in a visual speech context for consonants and vowels would be a worthy pursuit, given that the PAM rests upon a model of speech perception in which articulatory events are the focus of speech perception (see, e.g., initial A➔V cross-language speech perception findings with infants: Best, Kroos, Gates, & Irwin 2014; Best, Kroos, & Irwin 2010, Best, Kroos, and Irwin 2011).
Speech stimuli We selected consonant clusters with stop and nonstop consonants from a list of legitimate initial two-consonant clusters in Dutch (Van Bezooijen & Pols, 1988).
In the phrase speech pictures the first consonant has a comparatively random distribution of energy, but it is mainly in the higher frequencies.
Consonant, any speech sound, such as that represented by t, g, f, or z, that is characterized by an articulation with a closure or narrowing of the vocal tract such that a complete or partial blockage of the flow of air is produced.
Since the LTP process only preserves the pitch component, the consonant of speech can be distorted when transient noise exists in the region.
The boy dashes about, grapples with consonants (his speech is subtitled) and free-associates like a stoned adult.
