Prosody Subsystem Flashcards
Prosody involves looking at __________.
suprasegmentals
List 3 Suprasegmentals:
1) F0 (primary contributor to prosody)
2) Intensity (SPL)
3) Control of timing (duration)
T or F: Prosody involve looking at the content of individual segments
False
Components of Prosody are _____, _______ and _______
intonation, stress and rate & rhythm
Intonation consists of _____ and _____.
F0 and intensity
Stress consists of ____, ____ and ____.
F0, intensity and duration.
Rate and rhythm is ______.
Duration
Speech in paragraphs is ___ WPM.
160-170 WPM
Speech in sentences is ___ WPM.
190-220 WPM
Conversational Speech is __WPM
up to 250 WPM
Large, slow, intentional variations in F0 is the basis for _______
intonation
Prosody increases intelligibility by providing _________ and __________
Linguistic information and emotional information
T or F: Prosody contributes to improved perception of segments and overall intelligibility
True
Dysprosody is seen in ______ and ____. Aprosody is seen in _____ and _______
ataxia and AOS
PD and right brain damage
Describe dysprosody:
- scanning speech, explosive speech
- Limited variation in syllable durations and regular spacing between syllables
- Sweeping patterns of F0
- Disassocated patterns b/w syllables.
Describe Aprosody:
- shorter syllables and faster rate
- fused pattern (indistinct syllables)
- Reduced F0 variation
Do you know the DAB Perceptual features that describe prosody?
- Monopitch
- monoloudness
- excessive loudness variation
- loudness decay
- short rushes of speech
- excess and equal stress
- increased rate overall
- variable rate
- prolonged intervals
- inappropriate silences
Describe the tasks to assess Prosody:
- multisyllabic word lists
- sentence reading
- passage reading
What types of sentences should you use to assess prosody?
- emotional
- emphatic speech (who did this? Jerry did.)
- Syntactic structures and junctions
What passage reading should you use?
The caterpillar passage was mad to assess prosody. Don’t use grandfather passage.
_________ is an instrumental assessment for prosody
Intonation Contour
Describe Intonation Contour:
Intonation and stress are analyzed within a breathgroup
- Id breathgroup and trace contour line.
- falling F0 = declination line
- F0 is reset after each breath
- stressed syllables may be above declination line
______ is an augmented feedback technique for prosody
visipitch
Assess _______ to assess prosody.
Speaking Rate
______ speaking rate is a common feature of dysarthria
slow
Speaking rate = _______+______
articulatory rate + pause time
T or F: there is a high correlation between speaking rate and articulation rate
True
Articulatory rate is _____ syllables/ second
5-6
What could cause a slower speaking rate?
- slower articulatory rate
- longer pauses
______ is an automatic assessment of prosody or you could _________
Sentence intelligibility test
record a passage and make durational measurements
Describe treatment of prosody:
- words, sentences and passage readings
- Use augmented feedback (visipitch)
- Use Motor learning principles (this is what makes it motor speech)
T or F: Treatment of prosody will influence articulation
True
It is especially important to assess speech rate in ____.
bulbar ALS
- it can predict course of disease
- can use SIT
In bulbar ALS a rate of ______ indicates it is time to use compensatory strategies and consider voice banking.
160-150 WPM
In bulbar ALS a rate of ______ indicates the beginning of a rapid decline. Consider an AAC prescription.
120 WPM
