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| The production of sounds-namely, vowels, diphthongs, and consonants. |
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| The influence of one speech sound on another. |
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| A vocal quality characterized by the release of excessive breath because the vocal folds are not brought closely enough together during phonation; also caused by lack of breath support. |
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| A double, dome-shaped muscle of respiration that forms the floor of the thorax (chest) and the ceiling of the abdomen. The most important muscle used in abdominal breathing. |
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| The choice and use of words. An individual should have both written and oral diction. A secondary definition of diction involves the distinctness of speech. |
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| Also called stop. A vocal quality in which the vocal folds are forced apart by breath that has been held back, resulting in an explosion of sound, usually on an initial vowel or diphthong. |
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| The space between the true vocal folds. |
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| The first third of the roof of the mouth, composed of bone and membrane |
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| Muscles located between the ribs that, when contracted, elevate the rib cage. These are important muscles in diaphragmatic breathing |
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| An alphabet of visual symbols that represent sounds. |
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| Voice box. Top of the trachea. Protects vocal folds. |
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| habitual pitch. the pitch levels you use most frequentally. |
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| Optimal pharyngeal resonance; a relaxed throat that produces a relaxed sound. |
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| The best sound for your voice with least effort. |
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| An amplification and modification of the fundamental tone in the mouth. |
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| An amplification and modification of the fundamental tone in the throat. |
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| The throat cavity located between the esophagus and the opening to the nasal cavity; the size of this cavity can be adjusted. Also called the throat. |
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| The sound made by the vibration of the vocal folds. |
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| A factor of sound related to frequency, or the number of vibrations per unit of time. Perception of highs and lows of sound. |
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| A factor of sound determined by the complexity of vibrations per unit of time. The subjective interpretation of sound determined by the complexity of the vibration; the amplification of the partials-- overtones that individualize a voice. |
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| Amount of time that is given to a speech utterance as well as silences. |
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| The sheath of muscle from the sternum down to the pelvis. |
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| windpipe. cartilaginous tube between throat and the bronchial tubes |
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| respiration while elevating the sternum and often pulling in the lower ribs. |
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| The back two-thirds of the palate, composed of muscle and membrane. Soft pallete |
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| the soft digestive organs in the abdomen |
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| the quality and condition of the sound produced at the larynx by the passage of exhaled breath between the vocal folds, which causes them to vibrate. The vocal sound is magnified and made resonant by the resonance cavities; it is here that quality becomes a factor of sounds. |
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