Figure 1. Magnetic resonance images of the adult vocal tract a) during rest breathing and b) during production of a sustained vowel sound. The images show compression of the tongue base and elevation of the tongue blade during production of the vowel /ee/ relative to the position of the tongue during rest breathing. Axial (panel c) and coronal (panel d) views of the oral and pharyngeal cavities highlight a central groove in the tongue, denoted an asterisk (*) associated with production of the vowel sound.
Article Type
Image Article
Publication history
Received date: November 20, 2017
Accepted date: November 29, 2017
Published date: November 30, 2017
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© 2017 Bailey EF. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation
Bailey EF (2017) Vocal tract configuration for breathing and speech sound production. Glob Imaging Insights 2: DOI: 10.15761/GII.1000142
Corresponding author
E. Fiona Bailey Ph.D
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Evelyn McKnight Institute, USA
E-mail : bhuvaneswari.bibleraaj@uhsm.nhs.uk
