ABSTRACT
Although there is evidence that this typ<l of c.onsmJant.ally-induccd forIIHUII. perturbation actually improves t.hc intdligihility of speech {Strange, Verbrugge, Slmukweiler & Edman, 197(i), from anol.her point of view these distortions represent noise in the signal which listctH!rs have to he ahle to factor out: Their own pro<luct.ions of words which they have heard with such a disl.ortcd /n/ shonl<l not. be articulated with the similar-sounding vowels [m], [i], or fy] hut. ml.lwr must. have genuine /n/'s.
