Introductions (EXAM 1)

Question 1

What is speech science?

Answer 1

Speech: Speech sound, acoustic product of speaking

Science: Systematic observation and measurement of world around and within us

Speech scientists study speech and swallowing using systematic observation and measurement

Question 2

Why is speech science important?

Answer 2

Differentiate typical/atypical speech and swallowing
Assists in clinical assessments of diagnosing, treating, monitoring, and assessing

Question 3

Levels of Observation

Answer 3

Neural
Muscular
Structural
Aeromechanical
Acoustic
Perceptual

Question 4

Neural

Answer 4

Thought to word to muscle
How we bite, chew, taste, swallow, are all from the brain

Question 5

Muscular

Answer 5

Muscle attachments, mechanical pull on structures for speech and swallowing

Question 6

Structural

Answer 6

Systems such as Respiratory, Phonatory, and Articulatory

Question 7

Aeromechanical

Answer 7

Air pressure, flow, movement
needed for heard speech

Question 8

Acoustic

Answer 8

Public sounds that can be heard and made observable through spectrogram

Question 9

Perceptual

Answer 9

How speech can be experienced auditory and visual
swallowing sensations such as taste, temperature, texture, and smell