Junior school children were found to produce unidentifiable utterances in dichotic as well as monotic shadowing. The phenomenon was investigated by providing practice at increased presentation rates of the input and exploring right ear advantages for verbal material. The poor articulation increased with higher input rates and could not be explained by lack of lateralization. An explanation in terms of inadequate monitoring of speech production appeared most appropriate.
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