| A. Introduction |
| L1 |
Organization; The Speech Chain
Recording Speech in a Sound-Treated Room; Acoustic Theory; SPL; dB
Digitizing, Waveform Editing and Spectral Analysis by Computer; Sampling Theorem, Waveform Windowing
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Lab 1: Recording Speech in a Sound-Treated Room, Spectral Analysis and Waveform Editing by Computer |
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| B. Acoustic Analysis of Vowels and Consonants |
| L2 |
Broadband Spectral Analysis of English Vowels; Vocal Tract Transfer Functions for Vowels; Nasalization of Vowels |
Lab 2: Spectrographic and Spectrum Analysis of the English Vowel System |
Lab 1 report due |
| L3 |
Broadband Spectral Analysis of Sonorant English Consonants: Nasals, Liquids, Glides; Sound Sources and Transfer Functions for Consonants |
Lab 3: Broadband Spectral Analysis of Sonorant Consonants |
Lab 2 report due |
| L4 |
Sound Generation from Turbulence in the Vocal Tract; Spectral Analysis of Fricative and Stop Consonants; Frication Noise and Aspiration Noise |
Lab 4: Spectral Analysis of Stop and Fricative Consonants |
Lab 3 report due |
| L5 |
Sound Generation at the Larynx; Inverse Filtering and Spectrum of Glottal Source; Effect of Glottal Source on Spectra of Vowels |
Lab 5: Sound Generation at the Larynx: Characteristics of the Glottal Source |
Lab 4 report due |
| C. Speech Movements, Airflow |
| L6 |
Anatomy/Physiology of Speech Production Apparatus |
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Lab 5 report due |
| L7 |
Interpretation of Cineradiographic Motion Pictures
Studies of Speech Movements for Vowels and Consonants |
Lab 6: Interpretation of Cineradiographic Motion Pictures |
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| L8 |
Further Discussion of Speech Movements
Measuring Speech Movements using Data from X-ray Microbeam Systems |
Lab 7: Measuring Speech Movements using Data from X-ray Microbeam Systems |
Lab 6 report due |
| D. Quantal Theory and Features |
| L9 |
Quantal Nature of Articulatory-to Acoustic Relations; Quantal Theory for Consonant Place of Articulation and for Vowels |
Lab 8: Formant Frequency Calculations from Area Function Data |
Lab 7 report due |
| E. Sentence-level Phenomena |
| L10 |
Respiration for Speech; Initiation and Termination of Utterances; Techniques for Measuring Respiration during Speech |
Lab 9: Techniques for Measuring Respiration during Speech |
Lab 8 report due |
| L11 |
Some Reduction and Assimilation Phenomena in Fluent Speech; Effects of Stress |
Lab 10: Sound Segment Reduction |
Lab 9 report due |
| L12 |
Prosody 1: Vowel and Consonant Durations in Speech; Duration Rules for English |
Lab 11: Prosody 1: Vowel and Consonant Durations in Speech |
Lab 10 report due |
| L13 |
Prosody 2: Measurement and Interpretation of Fundamental Frequency Contours, Respiratory Constraints |
Lab 12: Prosody 2: Measurement and Interpretation of Fundamental Frequency Contours |
Lab 11 report due |
| F. Speech Perception |
| L14 |
Evaluation of Segmental Intelligibility; Intelligibility, Comprehension, Naturalness, Cognitive Load for Words in Sentences |
Lab 13: Speech Intelligibility and Confusion Matrices |
Lab 12 report due |
| G. Speech Disorders and Speech Development |
| L15 |
Speech Disorders
Acoustic Analysis and Interpretation of Individuals with Neuromuscular Disorders and of the Speech of Children with Articulation Disorders
Acoustic Analysis of Normal Speech Development in Children |
Lab 14: Introduction to Speech Disorders: Analysis of the Speech in Children |
Lab 13 report due |
| H. Speech Synthesis and Recognition |
| L16 |
Speech Synthesis using a Formant Synthesizer; Review Acoustic Theory of Speech Production, Formant Synthesis; Synthesizing Syllables |
Lab 15: Speech Synthesis using a Formant Synthesizer |
Lab 14 report due |
| L17 |
No Lecture |
Continuation of Speech Synthesis Lab |
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| L18 |
Higher-Level Synthesis with a Formant Synthesizer, using Quasi-articulatory Parameters
Synthesis of Text by Rule |
Lab 16: Higher-Level Synthesis Using Quasi-articulatory Parameters |
Lab 15 report due |
| L19 |
Topic Selection for Individual Term Project Research; Each Student describes Proposed Research |
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Lab 16 report due |
| L20 |
Use of Landmarks and Features for Speech Recognition; Labeling of Sentences; Rules for Feature Modification
Role of Lexicon in Refining Interpretation of Acoustic Evidence |
Lab 17: Use of Landmarks and Features for Speech Recognition |
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| L21 |
Further Discussion of Feature-Based Models |
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Lab 17 report due |
| I. Term Projects |
| P1-P2 |
Individual Term Project Research |
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| P3-P5 |
Student Oral Reports on Term Project Results |
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