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      <p ns="0" title="Say that Again" snippet="Several circumstances may interfere with the player’s ability to grasp the &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; of a certain auditory message, particularly when the stimuli requires inter&#10;...replaying the message or in presenting an equivalent message with the same &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt;. &#10;" size="2553" wordcount="376" timestamp="2012-08-24T20:25:56Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Silence" snippet="Also, it is important to specify, that the &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; of &amp;quot;silence&amp;quot; is more psychological (perceptual) than technical. That is to &#10;" size="3696" wordcount="570" timestamp="2012-08-26T16:33:48Z" />
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