Speech Perception

Question 1

what are the basic elements of speech?

Answer 1

Phonemes

Question 2

What are phonemes?

Answer 2

if changed the word would change the meaning of a word (kit, cat, cut, etc)

Question 3

How are vowels produced?

Answer 3

Vibrations of the vocal cords (different vowels are produced by different size and shape of the oral comity) -voicing

Question 4

How are consonants produced?

Answer 4

constriction of the vocal tract - each consonant is produced by a unique pattern of articulation

Question 5

What are the problems posed by speech as a perceptual stimulus?

Answer 5

1) The segregation problem- where are the word boundaries?
2) Variability problems- How do we perceive the same phonemes despite the difference in speaker &/or context (eg talking to a baby and coarticulation -variability due to context)

Question 6

What is the McGurk Effect?

Answer 6

“Audiovisual Speech Perception”

-Visual info can influence the speech sound we hear

Question 7

What is Wernicke’s aphasia?

Answer 7

Impaired speech perception intact production

Question 8

What is boroa’s aphasia?

Answer 8

Impaired speech production, intact speech perception