> Knowing how dogs process sound could, among other things, help canine experts better train service or working dogs. This seems to be the real practical focus

> Knowing how dogs process sound could, among other things, help canine experts better train service or working dogs. This seems to be the real practical focus of the research. There’s no surprise that dogs can understand human speech (they obviously do to some degree, as do many animals), but rather digging deeper into the nuances so we can refine our communication with them. Training a service dog can take up to two years and an experienced trainer - research here might be able to shorten that time and increase the pool of available dogs.