Speech Science Primer: Physiology, Acoustics, and Perception of Speech provides a clear, reader-friendly writing style, serves as an introduction to speech science, and covers basic information on acoustics, the acoustic analysis of speech, speech anatomy and physiology, and speech perception.

Contents

Introduction

1. Speech, Language, and Thought
2. Pioneers in Speech Science

Acoustics

3. Acoustics

Speech Production

4. The Raw Materials-Neurology and Respiration
5. The Raw Materials-Phonation
6. The Articulation and Acoustics of Vowels
7. The Articulation and Acoustics of Consonants and Prosody
8. Feedback Mechanisms and Models of Speech Production

Speech Perception

9. Hearing: The Gateway to Speech Perception
10. The Acoustic Cues
11. Strategies and Models

Instrumentation

12. Research Tools for the Study of Acoustic Analysis and Speech Perception
13. Research Tools in Speech Science for the Study of Speech Physiology

Index

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