title: Speech production: how does a word feel?
abstract: Given the importance of auditory feedback in vocal production, how can deaf individuals produce intelligible speech? A new study suggests that somatosensory feedback is the answer and, more generally, offers intriguing insights into the action-oriented nature of sensory representations in the brain.
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA. asifg@princeton.edu
authors.forename: Asif A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ghazanfar
authors.forename: Hjalmar K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Turesson
mesh_terms: D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D003638:Deafness / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D030141:Feedback, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D013065:Speech Intelligibility / Q000502:physiology