Heather Notes That It Is Always Easier to Understand Her

question 25

Multiple Choice

Heather notes that it is always easier to understand her sister's speech when they converse on Skype as compared to conversing on the telephone. Her sister believes that the sound quality on Skype may be better than on her smart phone. However, Heather thinks about her Cognitive Psychology class and reasons that the phenomenon may be an illustration of

• A) coarticulation.
• B) phonemic restoration.
• C) word boundary effects.
• D) the importance of visual cues in speech processing.

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