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ERIC Number: EJ347382
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1986
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Developmental Loss of Speech Perception: Exposure to and Experience with a First Language.
Burnham, Denis K.
Applied Psycholinguistics, v7 n3 p207-40 Sep 1986
A review of research leads to the proposal that infants' perception of "fragile" contrasts is lost due to their lack of exposure to particular sounds. Perception of "robust" contrasts is lost around the onset of formal language training due to children's lack of experience with phonologically irrelevant sounds. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Infants, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Language Proficiency, Language Research, Language Skill Attrition, Perceptual Development, Perceptual Handicaps, Phonology, Psycholinguistics, Speech Skills, Statistical Analysis, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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