This study investigated the variability of judgments of correct and misarticulated /r/ words. Correct, moderate, and severely distorted /r/ words were each repeated 90 times on individual audio tapes and judged by listeners from one of three groups (N = 33). Subjects in each group showed shifts in judgment but the group which evaluated the severely distorted /r/ word demonstrated the most frequent shifts in judgment.
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