Understanding the interplay between speech rate and perception is fundamental to unraveling how listeners decode continuous spoken language. Variations in speech tempo not only influence the ...

Researchers have learned the efficiency by which people recognize spoken words depends as much on the mind as on hearing ability. In a new study, the researchers examined how well adults across the ...

Bimodal bilingual (spoken and sign language) programming has been recommended to promote the language and social development of deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students as advances in auditory ...

As of 2025, the world is home to more than 7,000 spoken languages, reflecting the incredible diversity of human culture and communication. Yet despite this vast number, only a small fraction of these ...