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Description	en:Steps involved in hearing speech: Sound signals travel from the ear to the brain where they are recognized and decoded, as detailed in the illustration. ja:会話聞き取りの際のメカニズム。耳から脳まで。
Date	23 October 2006
Source	http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/linguistics/speech.jsp
Author	Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation
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