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auditory phonetics

American  

noun

  1. the branch of phonetics dealing with the physiological processes involved in the reception of speech.


auditory phonetics British  

noun

  1. (functioning as singular) the branch of phonetics concerned with the perception of speech sounds by humans Compare acoustic phonetics articulatory phonetics

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