Psychiatry and Psychology

Speech Perception

The process whereby an utterance is decoded into a representation in terms of linguistic units (sequences of phonetic segments which combine to form lexical and grammatical morphemes).

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Abstract

The process whereby an utterance is decoded into a representation in terms of linguistic units (sequences of phonetic segments which combine to form lexical and grammatical morphemes).

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Perception, Speech
  • Speech Discrimination
  • Discrimination, Speech

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Aspects Covered

5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.

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History Note

79

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Previous Indexing

  • Auditory Perception (1967-1978)
  • Hearing (1966-1967)
  • Perception (1966-1967)
  • Speech (1966-1978)

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  1. F02w.463w.593w.071.875w
  2. G07.888.125.875w

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WV 268

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Speech Perception. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013067. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013067
  2. Speech Perception. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_perception
  3. Speech Perception. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q643696