speech production and its impact on listener perception Increasing accuracy and speed of accented word recognition Accent adaptation across the life span Representational changes and implications for theoretical models Connections to adaptation for other unfamiliar speech types Models Conclusion REFERENCES 17 Perception of Indexical Properties of Speech by Children What is indexical information and why should we study it? Development of the perception of indexical/talker information Integration of talker and linguistic processing in children Conclusion REFERENCES
12 Part IV: Speech Perception by Special Listeners 18 Speech Perception by Children: The Structural Refinement and Differentiation Model Prelude to the study of children’s speech perception Questioning the primacy of phonemic units The acquisition of phonemic segments Early lexical representations Perceptual learning I: Attention Perceptual learning II: Organization What we learn from children with sensory impairments The structural refinement and differentiation model Summary REFERENCES 19 Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and Auditory‐Visual Integration: Three Phenomena in Search of Empirical Support Models of AV integration Comparing measures of AV benefit AV benefit across different stimuli Measuring auditory‐visual integration The role of individual and age differences in lip‐reading The conundrum of AV speech perception Clinical implications Summary and conclusions Acknowledgments REFERENCES 20 Some Neuromyths and Challenging Questions about Cochlear Implants Introduction What do CI users hear? What factors predict outcome after implantation? Information‐processing approach to individual differences Working memory: A core cognitive ability Neurocognitive impacts of pediatric cochlear implantation Cognitive hearing science and cognitive audiology Auditory and cognitive training Predicting long‐term outcomes following implantation Should all deaf children who use CIs be taught sign language? Summary and conclusions Acknowledgments REFERENCES 21 Speech Perception Following Focal Brain Injury Introduction Networks for phonological processing Contribution of temporal lobes to speech‐sound processing The role of Broca’s area in speech perception Controversies and unanswered questions Acknowledgements REFERENCES
13 Part V: Theoretical Perspectives 22 Acoustic Cues to the Perception of Segmental Phonemes Introduction The acoustic cues: Consonants The acoustic cues: Vowels Conclusion: The evolution of the notion of the cue REFERENCES 23 On the Relation between Speech Perception and Speech Production Typology and function Genesis of the motor theory of speech perception The twilight of the motor theory: Articulatory phonology and direct realism Phonemes and phonetics Perceptual accommodation of talker variability