Warren and Warren Showed That When Presented with a Sentence

Warren and Warren showed that when presented with a sentence where a sound was replaced by a cough (represented by * here) ,such as "It was found that the *eel was on the axle," people ______.

A) could not interpret the sentence
B) said that they understood the word to be "wheel," but they were aware that they did not actually hear the "w" sound
C) said that they heard the entire word "wheel" without being aware of anything odd in the sentence
D) erroneously heard the word "meal" at first,but then realized by the end of the sentence that the word must be "wheel"