Brittany, who is right-handed, always holds her cell phone up to her left ear so she can do other things with her right hand at the same time. It is most likely that Brittany
A) is unusual for a right-hander, because she obviously must store language in her right hemisphere.
B) will not be able to understand either the words or emotional tone of her friends as well as if she listened with her right ear instead of her left.
C) will do a good job interpreting the emotional tone of her friends' voices, but she might miss a word or two of their conversation now and then.
D) will do a good job of hearing all of the words her friends say, but she might misinterpret the emotional tone of their voices now and then.

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Brittany will still be able to interpret the emotional tone of her friends' voices because the left hemisphere of her brain, which processes language, is still involved in the task of listening. However, she may miss a word or two of the conversation now and then because the right ear has a slightly better pathway to the language centers of the brain. Nonetheless, this is not a significant impairment and most people who are right-handed use their left ear for phone conversations.

Brittany, Who Is Right-Handed, Always Holds Her Cell Phone Up