The negative part of the waveforms y-axis corresponds to:
a) compression
b) air particles moving from left to right
c) air particles moving from right to left
d) rarefaction correct answers d) rarefaction
you experience sound when a ___________ fluctuation travels from a sound source to your ear correct answers pressure
give an example of a source used in speech production correct answers the vocal folds or larynx
given an example of a filter used in speech production correct answers vocal tract
what are the axes of a spectrum correct answers frequency vs amplitude
if you were to use acoustic analysis to estimate the quality of breathiness in someone's voice, you would look at the relative amplitude of the ____.
a) first two harmonics
b) fundamental frequency
c) first two formants correct answers a) first two harmonics
regions of stability where significant changes to articulation have little impact on the resulting acoustics are known as ______ regions. correct answers quantal
narrowband v wideband
better for visualizing vowel information v better for visualizing pitch information correct answers narrowband better for visualizing pitch information - horizontal lines
wideband better for visualizing vowel information - vertical lines
in source-filter theory of speech production, which of the following corresponds to the source
a) the vocal tract
b) the voicing waveform from the vocal folds
c) a tube closed on one end and open on the other correct answers b) the voicing waveform from the vocal folds
in the source-filter theory of speech production, which of the following corresponds to the filter?
a) the vocal tract
b) the voicing waveform from the vocal folds
c) the bandwidth correct answers a)) the vocal tract
multiple of the fundamental frequency are called
a) formants
b) nodes
c) harmonics correct answers c) harmonics