ComD 5070 quiz questions study guide final

A coordinative structure is - answer-a group of muscles that works together to achieve an articulatory goal A formant is most like which type of filter? - answer-band pass A low pass filter - answer-blocks high frequencies A reduced vowel quality applies to - answer-central vowels A simple, low tech tool for a doctor to view a person's larynx is - answer-a laryngeal mirror A single vertical line on a line spectrum would represent - answer-a sine wave An electroglottograph reveals details of voicing by - answer-passing a current across the vocal folds As a person raises their fundamental frequency from low to high, how would a spectrogram of their vowel phonation change? - answer-vertical striations on a wide-band spectrogram would get closer together Clear speech typically includes - answer-increased fundamental frequency variability During the closure of a voiced stop, vocal fold vibration may cease because - answer-supraglottal pressure rises to equal subglottal pressure During the transition from a stop to a vowel - answer-F1 rises Electropalatography is useful for revealing - answer-tongue contact patterns for complex consonants Evidence to support the view that acoustic targets are the main control variables for speech comes from - answer-distortions in the speech of people with hearing impairment For a stop to be perceived as voiceless, the VOT would generally be - answer-40 to 100 ms For both front and back vowels, F1 - answer-varies inversely with vowel height How does the EMMA articulatory tracking system work? - answer-receiver coils on the articulators pick up electromagnetic signals If you lengthen the vocal tract - answer-the formants will decrease in frequency In duplex perception - answer-syllable components are presented separately, but simultaneously, to each ear In learning about vowel formants, it is a common misperception that - answer-formants are located at specific physical points in the vocal tract In the McGurk effect - answer-the place and/or manner of articulation is perceived to change In the