Speech and Hearing Exam 2

Why is it impossible to hum with your nose pitched

Air is unable to escape and when oral/pharyngeal pressure equals subglottal pressure vocal fold vibration stops

Why is phonation threshold pressure greater with higher frequency sounds than lower frequency sounds

  When the vocal folds stretch they are under more tension which requires more pressure to begin vibration

Why is phonation threshold pressure greater in connected speech compared to sustained phonation?

Connected speech has consonants which require more pressure

Which of the following is true about a bilabial voiceless fricative?

  It exists in some languages, but not English

This manner of articulation requires elevation of the larynx to produce egressive airflow.

Ejective

Which of the following manners of articulation require ingressive airflow

• Implosive 

• Click

Please select the best example of emphatic stress

  Increased intensity on a few important words in the sentence

Why is phonation threshold pressure greater with loud sounds than with quiet sounds?

 During higher intensity sound the vocal folds adduct with more force, which requires more pressure to begin vibration

Compared to Mainstreamed American English, African American English is

 Just as sophisticated and correct

What do hair transplants and gender affirming voice therapy have in common?

 They are both examples of gender affirming care

Which of the following is true about the African American Vernacular English dialect:

It has rule governed, predicative grammatical and phonological variations from Mainstreamed American English

Why is it impossible to hum with your nose pitched?

Air is unable to escape and when oral/pharyngeal pressure equals subglottal pressure vocal fold vibration stops

Why is phonation threshold pressure greater with loud sounds than with quiet sounds?

 During higher intensity sound the vocal folds adduct with more force, which requires more pressure to begin vibration

This manner of articulation requires elevation of the larynx to produce egressive airflow.

Ejective

This manner of articulation requires two points of construction within the oral cavity.

Clicks

Which of the statements below is true

A language with more phonemes will be able to express more complex ideas.

A change in fundamental frequency always change sentence types (e.g., rising frequency for questions/ stable frequency for statements)?

False 

A syllable or word that is stressed will have a longer duration than one that is not stressed 

True