Prosody Subsystem

Question 1

Prosody involves looking at __________.

Answer 1

suprasegmentals

Question 2

List 3 Suprasegmentals:

Answer 2

1) F0 (primary contributor to prosody)
2) Intensity (SPL)
3) Control of timing (duration)

Question 3

T or F: Prosody involve looking at the content of individual segments

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Components of Prosody are _____, _______ and _______

Answer 4

intonation, stress and rate & rhythm

Question 5

Intonation consists of _____ and _____.

Answer 5

F0 and intensity

Question 6

Stress consists of ____, ____ and ____.

Answer 6

F0, intensity and duration.

Question 7

Rate and rhythm is ______.

Answer 7

Duration

Question 8

Speech in paragraphs is ___ WPM.

Answer 8

160-170 WPM

Question 9

Speech in sentences is ___ WPM.

Answer 9

190-220 WPM

Question 10

Conversational Speech is __WPM

Answer 10

up to 250 WPM

Question 11

Large, slow, intentional variations in F0 is the basis for _______

Answer 11

intonation

Question 12

Prosody increases intelligibility by providing _________ and __________

Answer 12

Linguistic information and emotional information

Question 13

T or F: Prosody contributes to improved perception of segments and overall intelligibility

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Dysprosody is seen in ______ and ____. Aprosody is seen in _____ and _______

Answer 14

ataxia and AOS

PD and right brain damage

Question 15

Describe dysprosody:

Answer 15

• scanning speech, explosive speech
• Limited variation in syllable durations and regular spacing between syllables
• Sweeping patterns of F0
• Disassocated patterns b/w syllables.

Question 16

Describe Aprosody:

Answer 16

• shorter syllables and faster rate
• fused pattern (indistinct syllables)
• Reduced F0 variation

Question 17

Do you know the DAB Perceptual features that describe prosody?

Answer 17

• Monopitch
• monoloudness
• excessive loudness variation
• loudness decay
• short rushes of speech
• excess and equal stress
• increased rate overall
• variable rate
• prolonged intervals
• inappropriate silences

Question 18

Describe the tasks to assess Prosody:

Answer 18

• multisyllabic word lists
• sentence reading
• passage reading

Question 19

What types of sentences should you use to assess prosody?

Answer 19

• emotional
• emphatic speech (who did this? Jerry did.)
• Syntactic structures and junctions

Question 20

What passage reading should you use?

Answer 20

The caterpillar passage was mad to assess prosody. Don’t use grandfather passage.

Question 21

_________ is an instrumental assessment for prosody

Answer 21

Intonation Contour

Question 22

Describe Intonation Contour:

Answer 22

Intonation and stress are analyzed within a breathgroup

• Id breathgroup and trace contour line.
• falling F0 = declination line
• F0 is reset after each breath
• stressed syllables may be above declination line

Question 23

______ is an augmented feedback technique for prosody

Answer 23

visipitch

Question 24

Assess _______ to assess prosody.

Answer 24

Speaking Rate

Question 25

______ speaking rate is a common feature of dysarthria

Answer 25

slow

Question 26

Speaking rate = _______+______

Answer 26

articulatory rate + pause time

Question 27

T or F: there is a high correlation between speaking rate and articulation rate

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Articulatory rate is _____ syllables/ second

Answer 28

5-6

Question 29

What could cause a slower speaking rate?

Answer 29

- slower articulatory rate | - longer pauses

Question 30

______ is an automatic assessment of prosody or you could _________

Answer 30

Sentence intelligibility test | record a passage and make durational measurements

Question 31

Describe treatment of prosody:

Answer 31

- words, sentences and passage readings - Use augmented feedback (visipitch) - Use Motor learning principles (this is what makes it motor speech)

Question 32

T or F: Treatment of prosody will influence articulation

Answer 32

True

Question 33

It is especially important to assess speech rate in ____.

Answer 33

bulbar ALS - it can predict course of disease - can use SIT

Question 34

In bulbar ALS a rate of ______ indicates it is time to use compensatory strategies and consider voice banking.

Answer 34

160-150 WPM

Question 35

In bulbar ALS a rate of ______ indicates the beginning of a rapid decline. Consider an AAC prescription.

Answer 35

120 WPM