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Discourse comprehension of synthetic speech delivered at normal and slow presentation rates

D. Jeffery Higginbotham Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, Communication and Assistive Device Laboratory, State University of New York at Buffalo
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Anne Drazek Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, Communication and Assistive Device Laboratory, State University of New York at Buffalo
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Kim Kowarsky Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, Communication and Assistive Device Laboratory, State University of New York at Buffalo
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Chris Scally Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, Communication and Assistive Device Laboratory, State University of New York at Buffalo
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Erwin Segal Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
Pages 191-202 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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