Betsy was listening to the radio. She did not realize that a phoneme in the announcer's speech had been replaced by a coughing sound. The fact that she seemed to perceive the missing speech sounds illustrates:
A) a phonemic boundary.
B) harmonicity.
C) phonemic restoration.
D) the McGurk effect.

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Phonemic restoration is a phenomenon where the brain automatically fills in missing phonemes during speech perception, allowing individuals to understand words even if part of the sound is missing or obscured, as in the case with the coughing sound in the scenario described.

Betsy Was Listening to the Radio