SLPA 3705 Chapter Notes: Speech Science
9 Jan 2019
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Speech science is a part of the natural sciences. Natural sciences are the study of those events that occur in nature. Examples of natural sciences include biology, chemistry, and physics. The natural sciences more pertinent to communication sciences and disorders are: Anatomy and physiology of the mechanisms involved with the production and perception of speech. Acoustics: production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound i. e. , the acoustic characteristics of sound. Processes of how we actually produce and perceive sound. Speech is the end result of a complex process that begins with a single thought. In the grand scheme of things, there are numerous ways to communicate a thought through language. For example, you can have a happy thought and choose to express your happiness through body language (i. e. smiling). However, the majority of humans on earth habitually opt to speak to express our thoughts through language.
