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Communication
Undergraduate 2
02/07/2011

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Communication
Definition
all means by which information is transmitted between a sender and a receiver
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Language
Definition
the coding of meaning into a system of symbols that are recognized by members of a community
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Hearing
Definition
awareness of sound, the ability to distinguish among sounds, the ability to to process sounds that happen at a rapid rate
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Articulation
Definition
the way sounds or words are produced
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conductive hearing loss
Definition
a factor(s) that block the conduction of sound into and through the hearing mechanism
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Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Definition
a hearing loss caused by disease of the inner ear or the neural transmission of sound
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frontal lobe
Definition
controls movement and motor skills; higher level of thinking
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Broca's
Definition
located in the frontal lobe, makes speech movements
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Temporal Lobe
Definition
hearing, auditory process of speech
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parietal lobe
Definition
sensory processing
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occipital lobe
Definition
visual processing
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wernicke's area
Definition
understanding speech
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Intrinsic muscles
Definition
tongue: change shape of tougue
larynx: abducts and adducts vocal folds
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Extrinsic muscles
Definition
tongue: moves tongue
larynx: moves it up and down
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Acoustic
Definition
relating to sound or hearing
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Acoustics
Definition
the scientific study of sound
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Hertz
Definition
how many times a second the soundwave moves
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Intensity
Definition
if a person speaks louder, the molecules will move farther. Alexander G. Bell. loudness of a sound
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Diaphragm
Definition
a large muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen. It moves to make up breathe along with the rib cage
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Phonation
Definition
the voice, sound
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Aspiration
Definition
the inhalation of fluids or other matter in the airway. The Larynx guards against this
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cricoid cartilage
Definition
its ring shaped and sits at the bottom of the larynx
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thyroid cartilage
Definition
shield shaped, it sits above the cricoid cartilage and forms the anterior wall of the larynx.
An adams apple is pronounced thyroid cartilage
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arytenoid cartliage
Definition
base where vocal folds rest
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vocal folds
Definition
vibrate to make sounds in speech. open during inhalation
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glottis
Definition
area between vocal folds
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subglottal air pressure
Definition
when vocal folds are brought together in adduction, the outgoing air builds up beneath the vocal folds together at the midline and are blown apart
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mandible
Definition
lower jaw
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velum
Definition
soft palate, closes cavity when eating or drinking. note: the epiglottus is a second defense, which closes before the lungs
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hypernasality
Definition
if you can't move your velum fast enough, you get nasally speech
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denasal
Definition
excessive adnoid and tonsil tissue make the voice not nasally at all
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pharynx
Definition
the first area of the vocal tract through which the sound waves travel. It lies immediately above the larynx
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videoendoscopy
Definition
how you study the pharynx and larynx
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palate
Definition
bony hard plate and muscular soft palate make up the roof of the mouth-the palate
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alveolar ridge
Definition
portion of palete right behind the front teeth
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stops
Definition
stop air flow, small explosion. /b/ /d/ /g/ are voiced, /p/ /t/ /k/ are voiceless
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fricatives
Definition
short pop, sound goes on forever. /v/ /x^o/ /z/ /3/. voiceless are /f/ and 0-=th
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affricates
Definition
stop air flow let something out but there is friction. /d3/ is voiced, /tS/ voiceless
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liquids
Definition
sound glides out. /l/ /r/
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glides
Definition
/w/ /J/=y. area is small at first, then it gets bigger
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sound goes out through nose
Definition
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sensory neurons
Definition
get information from the outside world, put into the brain. tongue placement for this is very important
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motor neurons
Definition
use these to make speech movements
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central nervous system
Definition
brain and spinal chord
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corpus callosum
Definition
carries info between the cerebral hemispheres
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basal ganglia
Definition
recieves and processes all types of information that is relayed between areas of the brain
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primary motor cortex
Definition
supports motor movements of speech, located in the frontal lobe
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spinal nerves
Definition
31 pairs of nerves that enter or exit spinal chord. we need them for speech because they help control respiration
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waveform
Definition
a way to represent the transmission of sound is to graph the moment to moment position of the sound source
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pure tone
Definition
also called a sine wave, a vibration only at one frequency
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pitch
Definition
sounds at different frequencies
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spectogram
Definition
a display of speech sounds in terms of the intensity of their energy at various frequencies
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compression
Definition
when disturbed molecules bunch together
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rarefaction
Definition
molecules spread apart as they return to their original location
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