Section 3 Flashcards
Phonation
Physical process of using airflow from lungs to vibrate vocal folds, producing voice
Voice
Acoustic signal generated by larynx and vocal tract
Abducted
vocal folds are open (breathy)
How to create voice
- breathe 2. Adduct vocal folds (close them) 3. Exhale against vocal folds 4. Vocal chords blown apart, causing rapid vibration 5. Voice shaped by pharynx, nasal cavity and vocal cavity
Frequency
rate of vocal fold vibration; cycles per second or Hurtz (perceived as pitch)
F0
Fundamental frequency
Why do different vocal folds have different frequencies?
Size and tension
How do we change pitch?
modify length of vocal chord,s which changes tension, increasing or decreasing mass, changing amount of air brought in.
Intensity
Sound pressures (decibels) perceptually heard as loudness
Quality
How well the vocal folds work during vibration; symmetrical with good vibrations leads to a normal voice
Voice disorder
when one or more of the three vocal characteristics differs significantly from that of a similar person, and impacts them negatively.
The three vocal characteristics
Frequency, Quality, Intensity
5 voice qualities
rough, breathy, nasal, strained, monotone
Glottal fry
pitch is unusually low due to tight vocal folds
Examples of voice disorders (5)
glottal fry, habitual loudness, softness, monotone, limited range
Dysphonia
Umbrella term used to refer to a voice that is disordered in some way
Aphonia
Total loss or lack of voice
Categories for voice disorders (5)
functional, structural, neurogenic, psychogenic, laterogenic
Functional disorder
abnormal use of mechanism - hyperfunctional or hypofunctional
Hypofunctional functioning
Overly tense and compressed together vocal folds (voice may sound high, strained, or loud)
Hyperfunctional functioning
Vocal folds are underfunctioning and have inadequate tension, causing adduction (can cause breathy voice)
Structural disorder
Disease related (cancer)
Neurogenic disorder
Injury or disease affected the peripheral or central neurological control
Psychogenic disorder
Linked to emotional or psychological issues
Iatrogenic
Caused by a medical or surgical procedure
Laryngectomy
Removal of the larynx; people speak via alaryngeal communication
Nodes
common in children; impede smooth adduction, causing roughness in the voice. USUALLY BILATERAL
Vagus nerve
Nerve connected with phonation
Tracheostomy
Tube inserted into the trachea if respiratory system is compromised; allows for mechanical ventilation. Can also be used to speak.
Oral motor exam
Part of a voice fluency evaluation; rules out structural problems; study amount of tension involved in voicing
CAPE-V
Consensus Auditory Perceptual Evaluation of Voice Patients voice quality rating from 0-100
Fluency Disorder
When dysfluency happens at an increased rate, are more severe, or happen within words (stuttering)
Cause of stuttering
Unknown! Not linked to psychological or physical trauma Related to genetics (family condition)
Cure to stuttering
Is not one! Can be outgrown, otherwise is life long
Two characteristics of fluency disorders
Variable and cyclical
Average age of stuttering onset
4 years old; can happen between 2-9 years
Onset of stuttering is…
gradual
Primary characteristics of stuttering
Repetition, prolongation, and blocks
Secondary characteristics of stuttering
Accompany core, result from excessive effort, blinking, head tilting, etc.
Types of fluency disorders
Acquired and developmental Usually developmental
Developmental fluency disorders
Develop between 2-4 y/o The longer it persists, the less likely it is to go away Involved motor execution control, temperament, and speech and language planning
Acquired fluency disorders
Fairly rare Onset later in life, can involve trauma, sudden onset
SLDs
Stuttering-like dysfluencies
Examples of SLDs (6)
part-word repetition, single-word repetition, whole-world repetition, sound prolongation, blocks, broken words
Types of speech dysfluency
Between world, within word, stuttering-like (SLDs), and non-stuttering
Between-word speech dysfluencies
Typical, usually non-stuttering Phrase repetition, revision, interjection