Speech and Voice Science

Course aim

Provide students with comprehensive knowledge on both voice source and vocal tract contributions to speech production using speech sound instrumentation.

Course content

Brief introduction to the vocal tract, airstream mechanisms, states of the glottis; Consonants: voicing, place & manner of articulation; Vowels: vowel quadrilateral, height, front v back, lip-rounding; diphthongs & tripthongs; Broad vs. Narrow transcription and the use of simple diacritics and stress marks; Suprasegmental aspects of speech in English: Prosody; The Physics of Speech: Speech Acoustics; Acoustic Analysis (spectrogram); Develop students’ skills in objective assessment focusing on applied issues using speech science instrumentation for analysis of physical parameters of frequency and amplitude. Theories of speech production and psychological aspects of speech perception are also explored e.g. gender identification of voice.

Textbook(s)

Behrman, A. 2023, Speech and voice science / Alison Behrman, with a contribution by Donald Finan. , 4th ed., Plural Publishing, Inc.

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
HLTH 1061	Introduction to Human Communication Science

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Lecture	2 hours x 13 weeks
Tutorial	1 hour x 12 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Case study, Essay

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.