Speech perception is the study of how individuals process and comprehend spoken language. This research area focuses on understanding how the human brain interprets and organizes the acoustic signals of speech, and how people are able to discern and interpret different sounds and words in spoken language. Researchers in this field investigate various aspects of speech perception, such as phonetic categorization, speech segmentation, and the role of context in speech comprehension. This research is important for understanding how humans process and understand spoken language, and has implications for fields such as linguistics, psychology, and communication disorders.