VCVS VS CVCS FOR STOP FRICATIVE DISTINCTIONS BY HEARING-IMPAIRED AND NORMAL-HEARING LISTENERS

Moderately to profoundly hearing-impaired (n = 30) and normal-hearing (n = 6 ) listeners identified [p, k, t, f, theta, s] in [d-lambda-C], [C-lambda-d], and [lambda-C-lambda} tokens extracted from spoken sentences. The [lambda-C-lambda]s were also identified in the sentences. The hearing-impaired group distinguished stop/fricative manner more poorly for [lambda-C-lambda] in sentences than when extracted. Further, the group's performance for extracted [lambda-C-lambda] was poorer than for extracted [d-lambda-C] and [C-lambda-d]. For the normal-hearing group, consonant identification was similar among the syllable and sentence contexts.