Acoustic Phonetics Data
11 Acoustic Phonetics Data INTRODUCTION This chapter provides a selective summary of acoustic phonetics data. The presentation is selective because the research literature is voluminous. The large quantity of data…
Breathing and Speech Production
2 Breathing and Speech Production INTRODUCTION The breathing apparatus moves air into and out of the body for the purpose of sustaining life as well as for performing other important…
Theory of Consonant Acoustics
9 Theory of Consonant Acoustics INTRODUCTION Chapter 8 showed how concepts from basic acoustics (Chapter 7) are used to construct a theory of vowel acoustics. The theory can be viewed…
Pharyngeal-Oral Function and Speech Production
5 Pharyngeal-Oral Function and Speech Production INTRODUCTION The pharyngeal-oral apparatus, together with the velopharyngeal-nasal apparatus (discussed in Chapter 4), forms what is called the upper airway. In this book, the…
Velopharyngeal-Nasal Function and Speech Production
4 Velopharyngeal-Nasal Function and Speech Production INTRODUCTION The velopharyngeal-nasal apparatus is located within the head and neck and comprises a system of valves and air passages that interconnects the pharynx…
Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory System
13 Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory System INTRODUCTION This chapter presents an integrated description of the anatomy and physiology of the auditory mechanism. The information presented here can be…
Speech Physiology Measurement and Analysis
6 Speech Physiology Measurement and Analysis INTRODUCTION Much of the knowledge about speech production has been acquired through measurement. This chapter is dedicated to measurement and analysis of speech production…
Swallowing
16 Swallowing INTRODUCTION Some of the most enjoyable activities of daily living involve eating and drinking. These include meals (where eating and drinking are the purpose of the activity), special…
Speech Perception
12 Speech Perception INTRODUCTION Speech perception is a multifaceted and complicated topic that depends in important ways on information presented in Chapters 7 to 11. The study of speech perception,…
Auditory Psychophysics
14 Auditory Psychophysics AUDITORY PSYCHOPHYSICS Auditory psychophysics (also called psychoacoustics) is a branch of science that is concerned with the effects of physical stimuli (in this case, sound waves) on…
