An experimenter uses a computer to delete or mask a particular sound in a sentence in which the context clearly indicates what the missing sound should be.The experimenter then plays the sentence for participants and asks them what they just heard.The result is that the participants report ______.
A)being unable to understand the word that has one of its sounds masked
B)noticing that a sound is missing and correctly inferring what that sound is
C)hearing an unvoiced consonant in place of the masked sound
D)hearing the masked sound correctly, even though it is not actually present

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This phenomenon is known as the phonemic restoration effect, where listeners "fill in" missing phonetic components based on the context of the sentence, leading them to perceive the masked sound as if it were actually present.

An Experimenter Uses a Computer to Delete or Mask a Particular