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Peer reviewedRyalls, Brigette Oliver; Pisoni, David B. – Developmental Psychology, 1997
In three experiments, 3-, 4-, and 5-year olds and adults identified words from a list presented by a single talker or multiple talkers. Subjects were less accurate identifying or slower repeating words spoken by multiple speakers than by a single speaker. Processing of multiple speakers' words became easier with age. Children matched their…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Adults, Age Differences, Language Processing
