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Speech Science
12 Speech production models and instrumentation in speech.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Speech Production Models | -Help explain how the system works -Predict the results of a breakdown (i.e, lesion) at any point in the system. -Identify where breakdowns have occurred. i.e., Given a symptom, an accurate model should help pin-point the location of the lesion |
| Closed-Loop Systems | -Operation is dependent on internal feedback(self-monitoring systems). -i.e., a heater/air conditioner with a thermostat or A light that automatically comes on at dark. |
| Open-Loop Systems | -Operation is not dependent on internal feedback -e.g., heater/air conditioner without a thermostat. Continues to heat/cool regardless of surrounding temperature or a unit on a timer (not getting any feedback) |
| The Speech Production Mechanism is what type of system? | Closed-loop Servosystem |
| Lombard Effect | -Evidence that the speech system is a servosystem -as the noise around us gets louder, we talk louder. b/c we are use to hearing ourselves at a certain level auditorally and through bone conduction. |
| Side Tone | -Evidence that the speech system is a servosystem -how we sound to ourselves when we talk through air and bine conduction |
| Delayed Auditory Feedback “DAF” | -Evidence that the speech system is a servosystem -when timing of feedback from our own voice is altered what happens? We slow down our speech. -makes normal people dysfluent, but makes stutters fluent |
| Fairbanks Servosystem motor | lungs/ air pressure |
| Fairbanks Servosystem Generator | vocal folds/ voicing |
| Fairbanks Servosystem Modulator | valves and articulators |
| Fairbanks Servosystem Output | what is said |
| Fairbanks Servosystem Channel 1 | Audition/ ability to hear yourself speak by air conduction |
| Fairbanks Servosystem Channel 2 | Hearing yourself by bone conduction |
| Fairbanks Servosystem Comparator | where u compare what you said w/ what you intended. |
| Fairbanks Servosystem mixer | where we change what we said to the correct output |
| Black & Lee (1951) | -First described the effects of DAF -syllable repetitions -sound prolongations -slower reading rate -artic errors -males more affected than females -Greatest effect on speech was when the delay was 200 ms -Suggest we function @ syllable level |
| What unit of speech lasts about 200ms? | Avg syllable |
| Bob Ringel & colleagues at Purdue (early 1970s) | 1st described effects of auditory masking & Xylocaine injections on speech. Found: -Loss of tactile feedback affected consonants more than vowels -Auditory masking disturbed vowel quality and rhythm -Speech was altered but remained highly intelligible |
| Peter Ladefoged theory on vowels and consonants | Vowels are monitored auditorily, while consonants are regulated mostly by tactile/proprioceptive feedback. |
| the speech production unit requires how much feedback to maintain intelligibility | requires at least periodic auditory feedback to see that it is operating OK |
| Oral Stereognosis | the ability to use tactile information to make perceptual judgments |
| Vibrotactile Thresholds | the ability to detect the presence of sound vibrations |
| Two-Point Discrimination | How close together 2 pins can be when they touch you, and you still sense 2 pin pricks (i.e. a differential threshold) |
| Which is more sensitive front or back of mouth? | Front of the mouth |
| Which is most sensitive lips, tongue, or velum? | Sensitivity in this order: 1) Tongue 2) Lips 3) Velum |
| Which is more sensitive finger tips or tongue? | tongue |
| Children with articulation disorders and oral stereognosis tasks | -Children with articulation errors performed poorer on oral stereognosis tasks than normal speakers the same age. |
| stereognostic skills improve with | age |
| What are the implications for the term functional articulation disorders? | Means we haven't identified an organic or physical bases. Does NOT mean there wasn't one before, but that we can't see one now b/c we can’t go back in time. |
| What are the implications for conclusions drawn from an oral peripheral examination? | -All u can say is what person is doing today -Cannot make causal conclusions |
| Types of Speech Production Measurements | -Neurologic Events -Aerodynamic Events -Structural Movement -Acoustic Signal |
| Types of ways to measure Neurological Events | -Electroencephlograph (EEG)- -Electromyography (EMG)- measures timing of muscles as they fire -Functional MRI (fMRI) |
| Plethysmograph | Aerodynamic Event Device that measures the amount of air you’re exchanging |
| Oral Manometer | Aerodynamic Event Device that measures how much pressure are you generating |
| Spirometer | Aerodynamic Event Device that measures air flow as it comes out |
| Nasometer | Aerodynamic Event Device that measures how much air is coming out the nore rater than mouth. Used in cleft palate patients |
| Pneumotachograph | Aerodynamic Event Device that measures the rate at which air is moving |
| Strain Gauge | measuring jaw & lip movement |
| Electropalatography | measures tongue placement |