The existence of phonetic boundaries _____.
A) is currently debated among speech perception researchers
B) only occurs at VOTs of greater than 250 ms
C) has been demonstrated using discrimination experiments
D) shows that categorical perception does not occur in speech perception

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Phonetic boundaries have been demonstrated using discrimination experiments, which support the idea of categorical perception in speech perception where stimuli are perceived as belonging to discrete phonetic categories rather than a continuous spectrum.

The Existence of Phonetic Boundaries _____