Article History
Received: 27 November 2018
Revised: 20 February 2019
Accepted: 4 March 2019
First Online: 8 March 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Amritha Mallikarjun, Emily Shroads, and Rochelle S. Newman all declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All applicable international, national, and institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. This study was approved by the University of Maryland Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (approval code: 1034861-6).
: Informed consent was obtained from the owners of the dogs in the study. Informed consent was not required from either the speakers that provided readings for our nine-talker background noise, nor the speaker who produced the dogs’ names.