............................................................................................... v Introduction............................................................................................. 1 Review of the literature ............................................................................... 3 Auditory speech perception ............................................................

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This paper examines, analyzes, and synthesizes literature on VOT production and perception in the context of Motor Theory of speech perception. Specifically, positive and negative evidences from speech production and perception, language acquisition, and evidence of dissociation from speech disorders of VOT are reviewed in the light of the Necessity Condition versus a weaker version of motor th...

Perception results are presented that address the role of Lombard speech in auditory and audiovisual speech perception. Basically, visual enhancement neutralizes the advantage of Lombard speech observed for auditory perception. It remains an open question whether or not Lombard speech is preferable for perception studies of speech in noise.

It has been found that auditory-visual speech perception differs over languages, particularly between English and Japanese speakers. This difference emerges due to increased use of visual information by English speakers between 6 and 8 years [14]. This study investigates the linguistic factors that may cause changes in auditory-visual speech perception development. Children aged between 5 and 8...