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✅Introduction To Speech Mechanism Flashcards

1
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What is Phonetics?

A
  1. The system of speech sounds of a language or group of languages
  2. A. The study and systematic classification of the sounds made in spoken utterance
    B. The practical application of this science to language study.
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What are the three types of phonetics?

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Articulately, Acoustic and Auditory

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3
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What is transcription?

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The use of a sound-based alphabet to represent speech sounds

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What is phonology?

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The study of how sounds function in language

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What is a phonological system?

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The sounds used in a particular language.

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What is phonological structure?

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The rules of how sounds are made

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What are the three regions of the speech production mechanism?

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Articulately/Supra-laryngeal Region
Respiratory/ breathing Region
Laryngeal/ Phonatory Region

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What does the articulatory region consist of?

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The Oral and Nasal Cavity

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9
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What does the Respiratory Region consist of?

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Lungs and Diaphragm

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10
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What does the laryngeal region consist of?

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Larynx, Vocal Folds.

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11
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What does both speaking and breathing require?

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Air from the lungs

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12
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When is inhalation and exhalation equal?

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When Breathing

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13
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When is inhalation faster than exhalation

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When speaking

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14
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When is breathing modified?

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When speaking

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15
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Where does inhalation take place?

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Nasal cavity

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16
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Where does exhalation take place

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Oral cavity

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17
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What is considered as breathing with obstacles?

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Speech

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18
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What does ingressive mean?

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Inwards

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19
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What does Egressive mean?

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Outwards

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20
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Pulmonic ——- Airstream

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Egressive

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21
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What is the total lung capacity?

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5-7 litres

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22
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What is the vital lung capacity

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3.5-5 litres

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23
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Quiet tidal volume/ normal quiet breathing , how many litres?

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0.5L

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24
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What does speech require the louder it gets?

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More Air

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25
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What are all the parts of the Larynx?

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  • epiglottis
  • Hyoid Bone
  • Thyroid Cartilage
  • Circoid Cartilage
  • Laryngeal Prominence
  • Tracheal Cartilages
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26
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Describe the Epiglottis

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Sits at top of Larynx
No function in speech
Flap of tissue
Seals of larynx in swallowing

27
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What are the three systems involved in speaking called?

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Respiratory
Phonatory
Articulatory

28
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What is inspiration when speaking?

A

Breathing IN

29
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What is expiration when speaking?

A

Breathing OUT

30
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Where does the air travel when we breathe in?

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Down the trachea, bronchi and into the lungs

31
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What is it called when we use air coming from the lungs?

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The pulmonic egressive airstream mechanism

32
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What does pulmonic mean?

33
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What does egressive mean?

A

Outward flow

34
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What is the ratio of inspiration to expiration during quiet breathing?

35
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What is the ratio of inspiration to expiration during speech?

36
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Where is the larynx situated?

A

At the top of the trachea

37
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What are the two cartilage in the larynx and what is their purpose?

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The thyroid and the Cricoid

They protect the vocal folds

38
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What is the space between the two vocal folds called?

A

The glottis

39
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What is subglottal?

A

Part of the vocal tract below the glottis

40
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What is supraglottal?

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Part of the vocal tracts above the glottis

41
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When fully open, how much of the trachea is the glottis?

42
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What happens when air travels up the trachea from the lungs?

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It must pass from a wider to a narrower area when it reaches the glottis

43
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What must happen to produce voicing?

A

The vocal folds vibrate

44
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What is the process of voicing ( vocal fold vibration)?

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The first meet along the bottom edge and the line of closure then travels upwards. When it reaches the top, the bottom edges are already opening again. This creates a vertical phase difference. Breath escapes during each opening (thus escapes in pulses).

45
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What is pitch?

A

The frequency of vocal fold vibration

46
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What is different in male and females and what is due to?

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Pitch, due not the size of the vocal folds.

47
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What are the measurements of the inner edge of the vocal folds in men and women

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Male- 23mm

Female- 18mm

48
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What is the average pitch for males and females?

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Males - 100-150Hz

Females- 200-300Hz

49
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What does volume depend on?

A

The amplitude of vibration of the vocal folds.

50
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Describe how we change our volume?

A

The further the vocal folds move apart in the open phase, the louder the sound; the smaller the gap, the quieter the sound.
To produce a loud voice, extra pressure is also needed from the lungs.

51
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What is the articulatory system often referred as?

A

Supra-glottal system

52
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Where is the pharynx?

A

The chamber above the larynx

53
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What is the pharynx?

A

Mainly a container of a volume of air which can be set in vibration sympathy with the vibrations of the vocal folds ( this amplifying sound)

54
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Where is the epiglottis?

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Sits at the top of the larynx

55
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What is the epiglottis?

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It is a flap of tissue which projects into the pharynx at the root of the tongue.

56
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Where does the soft palate (velum) terminate?

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In the fleshy uvula

57
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What happens if the velum is raised or lowered?

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It closes or opens the entrance to the nasal cavity (velopharyngeal port)

58
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What is the velopharynx?

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The nasal cavity

59
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What does the roof of the mouth consist of?

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Alveolar ridge, hard palate and soft palate

60
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What determines the size of the oral cavity?

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The mandible

61
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What are the four shapes that the lips can make?

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  • Close rounding
  • Open rounding
  • Spreading
  • Neutral
62
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What is the most flexible organ of speech production?

A

The tongue

63
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What is the tongue?

A

A combination of muscles whose base is attached to the hyoid bone

64
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What are the four sections of the tongue?

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  • The blade – tapering section behind alveolar ridge
  • The tip – extreme point of the blade
  • Front – part lying under the hard palate
  • Back – part lying under the velum

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