The cognitive architecture of degraded speech intelligibility
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Authors
- Stephen C. Van Hedger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2448-9088)
- Joseph Rovetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9466-9607)
- Ingrid S. Johnsrude (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-1333)
Institutions
- Western University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cognition
- Published
- 2026-08-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2026.106692
- Primary Topic
- Stuttering Research and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Canada First Research Excellence Fund
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research