Six severely hearing-impaired children were trained in the auditory discrimination of the voiced-voiceless distinction between pairs of stop consonants. The effects of this training upon articulation of the voiced-voiceless distinction were studied. Findings indicated that auditory discrimination training resulted in improved articulation of the voiced-voiceless distinction.
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