Exam 3: The Biology and Physics of Speech

The respiratory system

With contralateral neural control,the right side of the brain controls the right side of the body.

Bilabial refers to producing speech sounds using the two lips.

The acoustics and perception of sound constitutes the physics of speech.

The phoneme /f/ is a linguadental speech sound.

Since speech involves producing actions on a stream of air,it is viewed as an aerodynamic system.

Vocal folds vibrating at a rate above produce sounds with a

Julie is six years old and has lost her upper central incisors.Which sounds may be difficult for her to produce?

Speech production is a joint effort of the respiratory,laryngeal and articulatory systems.

The anatomy and physiology of the vocal mechanism constitutes the biology of speech.

The articulatory system

The expiration phase of respiration is longer for speech than for quiet breathing.

The laryngeal system

The vocal pitch of men is generally lower than the vocal pitch of women because

Phonation occurs when

Production of the /p/ phoneme probably involves movement of the

In most people,the right hemisphere is dominant for language.

The vibratory motions of the vocal folds may be described as a series of

The mobile articulators include all except