Speech is a complex auditory signal that contains multiple layers of linguistic and non‐
linguistic structure. Perceivers are exquisitely sensitive to this layered structure and extract …

The nondeterministic relationship between speech acoustics and abstract phonemic
representations imposes a challenge for listeners to maintain perceptual constancy despite …

Background High talker variability (ie, multiple voices in the input) has been found effective
in training nonnative phonetic contrasts in adults. A small number of studies suggest that …

Speech, though communicative, is quite variable both in articulation and acoustics, and it
has often been claimed that articulation is more variable. Here we compared variability in …

Recent work demonstrates that listeners utilize talker-specific information in the speech
signal to inform real-time language processing. However, there are multiple representational …

Talker variability in speech influences language processing from infancy through adulthood
and is inextricably embedded in the very cues that identify speech sounds. Yet little is known …

Traditional conceptions of spoken language assume that speech recognition and talker
identification are computed separately. Neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies imply …

The advent of cochlear implantation has provided thousands of deaf infants and children
access to speech and the opportunity to learn spoken language. Whether or not deaf infants …

Infants and adults learn new phonological varieties better when exposed to multiple rather
than a single speaker. This article tests whether having a larger social network similarly …

This article reviews research on when acoustic‐phonetic variability facilitates, inhibits, or
does not impact perceptual development for spoken language, to illuminate mechanisms by …