DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY

ITHACA COLLEGE

SPEECH SCIENCE SLPG-59300

SUMMER, 2009

 

INSTRUCTOR:       Dr. D. Cross

306 Smiddy Hall

Phone/e-mail: 274-3073 (cross@ithaca.edu)

Web site: www.ithaca.edu/faculty/cross

Office Hours: By appointment

 

TEXT:

BEHRMAN, A. (2007). Speech and Voice Science (First Edition). Plural Publishing. Speech


COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course introduces graduate students in speech-language pathology to the fundamentals of speech science. Topics include a review of basic acoustics, the glottal sound source, resonance and acoustic features of the vocal tract, acoustic features of vowel and consonant production and perception, and suprasegmentals of speech.


COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

 

Examinations and Grading: There will be a total of four multiple-choice exams ranging from 25-40 question based on the amount of information covered. Final grades are determined by the total number of points accumulated divided by the total number of potential points available. Each correct answer is worth one point. Exam scores will be posted on my web site following the links CLASSES > SPEECH SCIENCE > SU09GRADES using your self-determined four-digit security code provided by you at the first exam. 

 

Electronic devices of any kind are not permitted during exams. Each student will be provided with a calculator is needed for exams.

 

Missed Examinations: There will be no make-up for missed exams unless the student meets one of the following criteria.

1.The student presents the instructor with a legitimate excuse no less than one week prior to the exam date. The instructor will be the sole determiner of whether the excuse is legitimate. Catching flights, going home, other exams on the same day, etc. are not considered legitimate excuses.

2.The student presents the instructor with written verification of illness (from a doctor), a death in the family, or other extenuating circumstance.

 

If a student misses an examination and meets one of the criteria h/she will schedule a make-up examination with the instructor within one class period following the original exam date. The format for all make-up exams is essay and short answer.

 

 

Letter Grade Distributions For Final Course Grades

A   = 90100    

B+ = 87 - 89              

B   = 80 - 86       

C+ = 77 - 79              

C   = 70 - 76   

D+ = 67-69    

D   = 60-66

F = < 60

 

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

If you have a documented disability that may interfere with your ability to perform in the course as described, your are required to report this to the professor no later than three class periods after the semester begins to arrange for reasonable accommodations.

 

CLASS ATTENDANCE

The attendance policy for course lectures is consistent with the Ithaca College Attendance policy. Students are expected to arrive for class on time.

 

 

 


TOPIC OUTLINE

TOPICS                                                                                             READINGS                                

 

SECTION I: OVERVIEW OF SPEECH SCIENCE                  

AND BASIC ACOUSTICS                       

Introduction, Course structure, Why Speech Science?                       Ch 1; Lecture                       

Principles of Sound and Motion                                                        Ch 2

 Power Source, Waves, and Sound Transmission                               Ch 3 (pp 26-43; 46-70)                                                                                      CPower Source and Sound Transmission                                           CH 3

á      Vibration                                            

á      Power wave graphic

á      Characteristic and measurement of waves (velocity, amplitude, frequency, period,

      wavelength, phase); the oscilloscope                                      

á      Simple and complex periodic waves

á      The sound spectrum and power spectra

á      Fourier analysis

á      Aperiodic waves and noise

á      Interference of waves

  Resonance

¥    Natural frequency of vibrating systems

¥    Acoustic Resonators

¥    Acoustic Filters                                                                        Ch  7 (pp250-252)

¥    Resonances of a tube (open at one end)

 

EXAM #1

SECTION II: ACOUSTICS OF SPEECH AND THE GLOTTAL SOUND SOURCE         

 

Basic Features of Human Speech                                                        Lecture

Measurement of Speech: The Sound Spectrograph                             Ch 7 (pp252-262)

Acoustic Features of Glottal Sound Source                                        Ch 5 (pp144-148; 156-157)

                                                                                                            Ch 7 (pp 220-222)

Voice Quality and Measurment                                                           Ch 5 (pp 168-169); Lecture

á      Vocal jitter and vocal shimmer                                                Ch 6 (pp 181-184;

á      Instrumentation: Stroboscopy, electroglottography (EGG)     Ch 6 (pp193-196; 199-203)

 

Exam #2

 


   

SECTION III: VOWEL PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTION:

THE VOCAL TRACT AS AN ACOUSTIC RESONATOR       Ch 7 (pp 216-264)                                                            

á      Acoustic Theory of Vowel Production                                 

á      Perception of Vowels                                                            

á      Transitions

á      Diphthongs                                                                                                                                                         

 

EXAM #3

 

 

 


SECTION IV: ACOUSTIC FEATURES OF CONSONANT

PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTION                                           Ch 8 (pp.283-324)

á      Stop Plosives

á      Fricatives

á      Affricates

á      Semi-vowels

á      Nasals

                                                                 

SECTION V: SUPRASEGMENTALS OF SPEECH                  Ch 8 (pp325-334)                 

 

EXAM #4