Laboratory-Based Instruction in Speech Science

语音是一种复杂的声音，可以根据其声学特征来描述。在过去的几年里，数字技术的发展提高了显示、描述和分析语音的能力。本系现正修订一门语言科学课程及实验室，为主修沟通障碍的本科生提供最先进数位仪器的应用，以了解人类语言的本质。在过去，学生没有机会使用这些仪器作为综合实验室的一部分。本项目中使用的仪器代表了研究语音特性的最新技术，并使用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、分析和描述语音和声音的参数，使用详细的实验在实验室为基础的科学课程。这反映了现有语言科学课程的重大修订，因为以前关于语言的信息只能从讲座和课堂演示中获得。通过将重点转变为以实验为导向的课程，该项目为学习沟通障碍的本科生提供了提高对言语科学基础理解的机会。此外，学生将通过一项涉及语音分析的必要研究来了解科学过程。为了传达调查结果，本科生可以撰写论文和报告，并在州和国家会议上与研究生和专业人员分享。

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.