Laboratory-Based Instruction in Speech Science

语音是一种复杂的声音，可以根据其声学特性进行描述。在过去的几年里，数字技术已经发展，提高了显示，描述和分析语音的能力。该部门目前正在修订语音科学课程和实验室，为沟通障碍专业的本科生提供最先进的数字仪器的应用，以了解人类语音的本质。在过去，学生没有机会获得这些仪器作为一个综合实验室的一部分。 该项目中使用的仪器代表了研究语音特征的最新技术，并利用IBM兼容的微型计算机系统和集成硬件。有了这个仪器，学生能够捕捉，显示，分析和描述的语音和声音的参数使用详细的实验室为基础的科学课程。这反映了现有的言语科学课程的重大修订，因为以前关于言语的信息只能从讲座和课堂演示中获得。 通过改变重点，以实验室为导向的课程，该项目提供了本科生学习沟通障碍的机会，提高理解的科学基础的讲话。此外，学生通过涉及语音分析的必要研究学习被引入到科学过程中。为了交流调查结果，本科生可以开发论文和演示文稿，并与研究生和专业人士在州和国家会议上分享。

Speech is a complex sound that can be described according to its acoustic characteristics. During the past few years, digital technology has been developed that enhances the ability to display, describe, and analyze speech. This department is currently revising a speech science course and laboratory to provide undergraduate students majoring in communication disorders with the application of state-of-the-art digital instrumentation in order to learn about the nature of human speech. In the past, students have not had access to these instruments as part of an integrated laboratory. The instrumentation being used in this project represents the most current technology for studying the characteristics of speech and utilizes IBM-compatible microcomputer systems and integrated hardware. With this instrumentation, students are able to capture, display, analyze, and describe the parameters of speech and voice using detailed experiments in a laboratory-based science course. This reflects a major revision in the existing speech science course because previous information about speech was available solely from lectures and in-class demonstrations. By changing the emphasis to a laboratory-oriented course, the project provides undergraduate students studying communication disorders with opportunities for improved understanding of the scientific bases of speech. In addition, students are introduced to the scientific process through a required research study involving speech analysis. In order to communicate the results of the investigations, the undergraduate students can develop papers and presentations and share them with graduate students and professionals at state and national meetings.