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Three experiments were carried out to explore the influence of orthographic codes in the comprehension by blind subjects and sighted subjects of words presented auditorially. In the first experiment, the task was to detect a target word, which rhymed with a previously given cue word, and to press a reaction-time key when it was heard. Rhyme pairs that shared similar orthographic codes (e.g., lake and take) were detected by both groups significantly faster than were rhyme pairs that did not share similar orthographic codes (e.g., lake and ache). The results suggested that a braille-derived orthographic code, as well as a print-derived code, affects auditory word processing. The second and third experiments compared the two groups’ speeds in detecting letters presented auditorially in letter-number pairs.

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Orthographic Effects of Braille and Print in the Auditory Modality

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