PHONEMIC RESTORATION AND INTEGRATION DURING DICHOTIC-LISTENING

In a series of experiments, evidence was obtained for phonemic restora tion when a word with the segment /a/ excised and replaced by silence and a comparable noise segment were presented dichotically. What has b een called phonemic integration was also demonstrated by presenting th e excised /s/ and the word with the /s/ removed and replaced by silenc e dichotically. Phonemic restoration and integration effects tended to be enhanced when barely audible versions of the excised /s/ or noise segment replaced the silence. Finally, phonemic integration was obtain ed when words with an excised CV syllable or VC rime were presented di chotically together with the remainder of the word. (C) 1996 Acoustica l Society of America.