Speech Anatomy

The airflow beginning at the lungs causes sound to be produced through vibration and hissiness at the larynx also referred to as your voicebox in your throat. Figure1 is a schematic of the anatomy of speech production.

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Wear your class doodles with this hand drawn speech anatomy.

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It will bring back fond memories of grad school and spark conversations about your profession. Air that leaves the lungs travels up the trachea windpipe into the larynx. The larynx is a longish tube that joins the trachea to the lower part of the mouth two sections of the larynx consist of two thick muscular folds of tissue known as the vocal cords.

Speech begins with a breathy source. In general a speech signal is an air pressure wave that travels from the speakers mouth to the listeners ears. The lung produces the initial air pressure that is essential for the speech signal.

The pharyngeal cavity oral cavity and nasal cavity shapes the final output sound that is perceived as speech. The anatomy of speech. The structures involved in that process are as follows.

Anatomy And Physiology Of Speech And Hearing By Bernard Rousseau