The most glaring number here is audio's 53.2% drop rate — a hyphenated compound sounds like one long stretch, so speakers often grab visual (32.0%) and lose audio entirely. This 14-word line brings back an average 60.4% and scores 2.88/5 (387 attempts), with the add-on along (25.1%) frequently going too.
Library orientation
Context cue
This is a longer locating line: the audio-visual center is on the fifth floor, along with the study rooms. What, which floor, and what's next to it.
Each word is shaded by how often it was dropped across 387 attempts. Hover for the exact rate. This sentence is one case in the Listen and Repeat research across 23,000+ sessions — where endings and late words drop most.
The three most fragile words here are audio (53.2%), visual (32.0%), along (25.1%) — when you record your own version, check first that each of these survives.
These are sounds with substantial measurements in this sentence, not a generic pronunciation list. Automatic assessment places /ɹ/ lowest among the sounds shown.
| Sound | Measurements | Avg accuracy | Below 60 |
|---|---|---|---|
| /ɹ/ | 606 | 66.7/100 | 36.1% |
| /θ/ | 221 | 75.5/100 | 18.1% |
| /f/ | 559 | 82.3/100 | 16.5% |
Omission rates show the pattern, not its cause. Position, word length, and endings still give us specific practice hypotheses to test.
audio
53.2% omitted
Audio is the first half of the compound audio-visual, yet it is the most-dropped word — a hyphenated compound sounds like one long stretch, so speakers keep visual and lose audio.
Practice: Say audio–visual slowly with both halves clear before speeding up; check that audio is not swallowed.
visual
32.0% omitted
Visual is the second half of the compound, competing with audio for memory, so often only one of the two survives.
Practice: Practise audio-visual as one whole compound, both halves present.
along
25.1% omitted
Along is the preposition introducing the extra information; unstressed and late, it drops, and with it the 'along with the study rooms' idea.
Practice: Keep along with so the additional information comes back.
Place splits between complete meaning groups, following the chunking method. The slashes are memory boundaries for practice, not mandatory audible pauses.
| Speakers paused before | Share of pauses | Placement |
|---|---|---|
| “along” | 14.5% | Natural split |
| “is” | 11.6% | Mid-phrase |
| “on” | 7.0% | Natural split |
| “study” | 5.7% | Mid-phrase |
Three blocks: The audio-visual center is / on the fifth floor / along with the study rooms.
Say both halves of the compound audio-visual — not just visual — slow first, then faster.
Keep along with so the 'next to the study rooms' idea is carried back.
Do not rely on a vague feeling of success. Meet all four checks twice in a row before increasing sentence length.
Record it once and see your own version of the heat map above — which words you dropped and where your pauses landed.
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Use 3 meaning groups: The audio-visual center is / on the fifth floor / along with the study rooms. Preserve the information skeleton first, then check the final words and endings.
audio (53.2%), visual (32.0%), along (25.1%) have the highest omission rates among the 387 attempts summarized here.
Pause between complete meaning groups rather than inside a noun or verb phrase. Use pauses as a memory scaffold, then work toward a connected delivery.