14. A computerized method for training a subject to discriminate between similar words common in spoken language, the method utilizing a computer for displaying images, for modifying the similar words, and for acoustically producing the modified similar words to the subject, the method comprising: a) selecting a pair of words that have similar acoustic properties; b) displaying a pair of graphical images representative of each of the pair of words; c) modifying one of the pair of words by stretching it in the time domain; d) acoustically producing the modified word to the subject; and e) requiring the subject to select from the pair of graphical images, an image representative of the produced modified word.
14. A computerized method for training a subject to discriminate between similar words common in spoken language, the method utilizing a computer for displaying images, for modifying the similar words, and for acoustically producing the modified similar words to the subject, the method comprising: a) selecting a pair of words that have similar acoustic properties; b) displaying a pair of graphical images representative of each of the pair of words; c) modifying one of the pair of words by stretching it in the time domain; d) acoustically producing the modified word to the subject; and e) requiring the subject to select from the pair of graphical images, an image representative of the produced modified word. 15. The computerized method as recited in claim 14 wherein the pair words are part of a set of words having similar phonetic properties that are to be acoustically processed.