Abstract
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the relationship postulated between illusory changes of repeated words (“Verbal Transformations” or VTs) and illusory presence of phonemes replaced by noise (“Phonemic Restorations” or PhRs) [R. M. Warren and R. P. Warren, “Auditory Illusions and Confusions,” Sci. Amer. 223, 30–36 (1970)]. Separate groups of 20 subjects each were presented with one of four taped variations of the repeating stimulus word magistrate: (1) stimulus intact; (2) speech sound /s/ removed and replaced with 100-Hz octave band noise; (3) syllable “gis” removed and replaced with 100-Hz octave band noise; (4) speech sound/s/removed and replaced with a silent gap. When PhRs are evoked, most VTs involve the restored portion of the word, suggesting the usefulness of PhRs combined with verbal reorganizations in listening to speech in the presence of noise. Other effects of PhRs upon VTs were found. Implications of these results for mechanisms of speech perception are discussed.
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