The study by Eimas and colleagues that examined infants' comprehension of speech sounds demonstrated that 1- and 4-month-old infants differentiated between
A)/pa/ with a VOT of 60 ms and /pa/ with a VOT of 80 ms.
B)/ba/ with a VOT of 20 ms and /pa/ with a VOT of 40 ms.
C)/pa/ with a VOT of 20 ms and /pa/ with a VOT of 40 ms.
D)/ba/ with a VOT of 60 ms and /pa/ with a VOT of 80 ms.

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The study by Eimas et al. showed that infants could differentiate between /ba/ and /pa/ based on voice onset time (VOT), specifically between /ba/ with a VOT of 20 ms and /pa/ with a VOT of 40 ms.

The Study by Eimas and Colleagues That Examined Infants' Comprehension