Our ability to detect variations in speech sounds despite co-articulation and from speaker to speaker reflects __________.
A)bad planning
B)infant perceptual errors
C)speech-to-sound correspondence rules
D)the problem of invariance

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The problem of invariance refers to how we can recognize the same speech sounds as being the same despite variations in how they are produced by different speakers or in different contexts. This ability reflects our adaptation to the problem of invariance in speech perception.

Our Ability to Detect Variations in Speech Sounds Despite Co-Articulation