Speech as highly complex sound signal
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Recording:
A sentence spoken which also serves as an example of frequency-spectographical analysis in the topic "Types of sound".
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Audio (30.1 kByte)
Last update:
2018-04-22
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Description:
Speech sounds are fluctuating sound signals where the composition of frequencies changes all the time.
Aperiodical overlap periodical parts. Unlike noises, some of which have similar frequency curves, sound in speech is always the carrier of meaning or of messages sent out by the speaker. Other noises like smacking of lips, hissing, rhythms, basic pitch are typical of the individual (acoustic fingerprint) but not essential for the speech content!
Information and ideas:
Supplementary to worksheets and transparencies.
Relevant for teaching:
Sound/acoustics: parameters
Vibrations and waves
Communication and understanding
Aperiodical overlap periodical parts. Unlike noises, some of which have similar frequency curves, sound in speech is always the carrier of meaning or of messages sent out by the speaker. Other noises like smacking of lips, hissing, rhythms, basic pitch are typical of the individual (acoustic fingerprint) but not essential for the speech content!
Information and ideas:
Supplementary to worksheets and transparencies.
Relevant for teaching:
Sound/acoustics: parameters
Vibrations and waves
Communication and understanding
Related media:
There are no other media directly related to this file.
Learning resource type:
Sample audio clip
Subjects:
Biology; Physics; Technology
Grade levels:
Grade 5 to 6; Grade 7 to 9; Grade 10 to 13
School types:
Middle/high school; Vocational training
Keywords:
Communication; Sound; Speech; Communication (human); Sound production; Speech; Type of sound; Understanding
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Siemens Stiftung Media Portal
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MediaHouse GmbH
Rights holder:
© Siemens Stiftung 2018