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Term
Vibration
Definition
Back and forth oscillation
Term
Vibration
Definition
All sound begins with _______________.
Term
Mass, elasticity/stiffness, and resistance(friction)
Definition
Features of vibration are determined by...
Term
a) Frequency
b) Period
c) Amplitude
d) Phase
Definition
Features of vibration that we can observe and measure include:
Term
Frequency
Definition
Cycles/second or Hertz
Term
Period
Definition
Time/cycle in seconds (or milliseconds)
Term
Amplitude
Definition
Displacement
Term
(1) Peak
(2) peak-to-peak
(3) instantaneous
(4) average (rms)
Definition
What are the types of displacement?
Term
Phase
Definition
Part of the cycle you are in, measured in degrees; each cycle is divided into 360 degrees.
Term
(1) onset phase
(2) instantaneous phase
Definition
What are the 2 types of phases?
Term
1) Free vibration
2) Forced vibration
Definition
What are the 3 types of vibrations?
Term
Free Vibration
Definition
When the object is displaced and then allowed to to vibrate as will. (ex. guitar string)
Term
resistance; heat
Definition
Free vibration occurs until ___________ effects "steal" the energy, converting it to _______.
Term
resonant frequency; mass; stiffness
Definition
The frequency of free vibration is called _________ ___________. It is determined by the objects _____ & ______.
Term
Forced vibration
Definition
When the object is pushed back and forth by an oscillating driving force. (ex. Speakers)
Term
driving force
Definition
Forced vibration continues as long as the _____ ______ continues.
Term
(a) the amplitude of the driving force
(b) the object's mass, stiffness, and resistance
Definition
The amplitude of the forced vibration is determined by:
Term
speed of sound.
Definition
A vibrating object placed in a medium will create disturbances in that medium that travel outward from the object at a speed that is specific to that medium called the _________ of __________.
Term
a) temperature
b) pressure/density
c) State (solid/liquid/gas) of the medium
Definition
The speed of sound will vary with:
Term
Wavelength
Definition
The distance sound travels each period.
Term
a) Lose amplitude with distance (ISL)
b) May encounter an object
Definition
Sound traveling in a medium will:
Term
I= 1/d^2
Definition
Inverse Square Law
Term
a) Transmission
b) Refraction
c) Diffraction
d) Refraction
Definition
What are the 4 ways that sound can encounter an object?
Term
Transmission
Definition
If the impedance of the medium is similar to that of the object
Term
Reflection
Definition
If impedances differ
Term
Diffraction
Definition
Sound bends around to fill in area beyond
Term
refraction
Definition
Bending of the path of sound travel
Term
simple; complex
Definition
Sounds can be _______ or _________.
Term
simple sounds
Definition
Pure tones
Term
Simple Sounds
Definition
a) sounds with energy at only one frequency
b) waveform in sinusoidal
c) always periodic
Term
Complex Sounds
Definition
a) Energy at more than one frequency
b) waveform can be periodic or aperiodic
c) Some periodic complex sounds are Harmonic Series
Term
Periodic
Definition
Repeating pattern over regular time interval
Term
Aperiodic
Definition
Not repeating over any consistent time interval
Term
Harmonic Series
Definition
Consist of energy at a series of mathematically related frequencies.
Term
Fundamental Frequency
Definition
Frequencies that are integer multiples of some lowest frequency
Term
complex; periodic; aperiodic
Definition
The most natural sounds are _____________ sounds, and many have both ________ & ________ components.
Term
resonance
Definition
Transmission of sound energy can set an object into __________.
Term
Resonant frequency
Definition
The frequency at which the object will be most responsive.
Term
Mass and elasticity/stiffness
Definition
What helps to determine resonant frequency?
Term
Resonant Frequency
Definition
Another word for "Free Vibration"
Term
Mass Effects
Definition
The greater the mass, the lower the resonant frequency.
Term
Stiffness Effects
Definition
The greater the stiffness, the higher the resonant frequency.
Term
Resistance
Definition
__________ will also determine the amplitude of resonance.
Term
lower; shorter
Definition
The greater the resistance:
(a) the _______ the amplitude of forced vibration.
(b) the _______ the duration of the free vibration.
Term
Node
Definition
Closed end
-little vibration produced by destructive interference
Term
Antinode
Definition
Open end
-maximum vibration produced by constructive interference
Term
Mode
Definition
The multiple frequencies that result in a node at the closed end and antinode at the open end.
Term
SPL or IL
Definition
Amplitude is measure in dB ____ or db ____.
Term
Duration
Definition
Time in seconds or milliseconds.
Term
1. Waveform
2. Amplitude Spectrum
3. Phase Spectrum
4. Spectrogram
Definition
What are the 4 ways of displaying sounds?
Term
Waveform
Definition
One way of displaying sounds; amplitude (y-axis) as function of time (x-axis)
Term
Amplitude Spectrum
Definition
One way of displaying sounds; amplitude (y-axis) as a function of frequency (x-axis)
Term
Phase Spectrum
Definition
One way of displaying sounds; phase (y-axis) as a function of frequency (x-axis)
Term
Spectrogram
Definition
On way of displaying sounds; frequency (y-axis) as a function of time (x-axis) with amplitude shown as the intensity of color
Term
Source-Filter Theory for Speech
Definition
Speech is produced by a sound source in the larynx that sets the vocal tract (filter) into resonance. The acoustics of this resonance can be manipulated by the lips, tongue, jaw and velum to produce different speech sounds.
Term
Vocal fold vibration
Definition
What is the "source" in source-filter theory?
Term
diaphragm; external intercostal muscles
Definition
Inhalation/Inspiration is produced by the contraction of the _________ and ___________.
Term
diaphragm; abdomen; lungs; thorax; internal intercostal muscles.
Definition
Exhalation is produced by the relaxation of the ________, natural elasticity of ___________,___________, and ________, an contraction of the _________________.
Term
adducting
Definition
Bringing vocal fold together.
Term
Laryngeal
Definition
___________ muscles bring vocal folds closer together.
Term
1) Lateral cricoarytenoid (LCA)
2) Transverse arytenoid
3) Oblique arytneoid
Definition
Laryngeal muscles that adduct the vocal folds include:
1)
2)
3)
Term
abducting
Definition
Moving vocal folds apart.
Term
1) Posterior Cricoarytenoid (PCA)
Definition
Laryngeal muscle that abducts the vocal fold
1)
Term
1) Thyrovocalis
2) Cricothyroid
Definition
Laryngeal tensors of the vocal folds include:
1)
2)
Term
1) Thyromuscularis
Definition
Laryngeal muscle that relaxes the vocal folds:
1)
Term
It draws them closed.
Definition
How does the Bernoulli effect affect the vocal folds?
Term
Bernoulli effect
Definition
As velocity increases, pressure in gas or fluid decreases, air traveling through narrow hole at vocal folds travels faster creating an area of decreased pressure, therefore sucking the folds together.
Term
Fundamental frequency and harmonics of that frequency.
Definition
Vocal fold vibrations produce energy at what frequency?
Term
90-450 Hz
Definition
The F0 in males range:
Term
150-520 Hz
Definition
The F0 in females range:
Term
35-50 Hz
Definition
The F0 in glottal fry:
Term
>400 Hz including incomplete closure of vocal folds.
Definition
The F0 in falsetto:
Term
vocal tract
Definition
Filter is a.k.a. the _______________
Term
Tongue, teeth, velum, lips
Definition
What are the articulators of the vocal tract?
Term
Formants!
Definition
Ranges of frequency where the amplitude of the vocal harmonics is enhanced.
Visible in a spectrogram as darker bands.
They are altered with varying constrictions of the vocal tract and become key acoustic cues to vowels and consonants.
Term
by ascending frequency range (F1, F2, F3, etc.)
Definition
How are formants numbered?
Term
Vowel
Definition
Vowel or Consonant?
-Lesser degree of constriction of the vocal tract.
-Greater energy.
-Characterized by different patterns of formant energies.
-F1, F2 ratio yields vowel quadrilateral.
Term
Consonants
Definition
Vowel or consonant?
-Greater degree of constriction.
-Less energy.
-Place can vary.
-Can be voiced or unvoiced.
-Manner of articulation.
Term
Stops
Definition
Complete closure of vocal tract, release burst, formant transition.
Term
fricative
Definition
turbulence (noisiness) frequency depending on place.
Term
affricate
Definition
hybrid of stop and fricative
Term
nasals
Definition
low, strong F1 and comparatively weaker higher formants
Term
liquids
Definition
Vowel-like formant transitions, with some antiformants
Term
Glides
Definition
slow formant transitions in F1 and F2
Term
Coarticulation
Definition
the influence of speech sounds on the articulation of those speech sounds around them.
Term
1. Prosody
2. Using
Definition
What are the 2 suprasegmental aspects of speech?
Term
Prosody
Definition
Suprasegmental aspect of speech:
-cueing a question or declarative sentence.
-conveying emotional content.
-adding emphasis
Term
Using
Definition
Suprasegmental aspect of speech:
-Intonation: variation in F, across an utterance.
-Variation in intensity across an utterance.
-Variation in syllabic across an utterance.
Term
1. High speed videography
2. Stroboscopy
3. Electroglottography
4. Acoustic source extraction
Definition
Methods to measure and quantify vocal fold function:
Term
1. X-ray
2. Ultrasound
3. MRI
4. Spectrographic analysis
Definition
Methods to measure vocal tract and articulator function:
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