The Acoustics of Vowels

NOTE: Much of the following material comes from The Physiology of Speech and Hearing, by Daniloff, Schukers, and Feth. It is a very good text dealing with how physiology determines speech.

• Vowel Trapezoid
• Front and Back Vowel Formant Chart
• Major speech sound categories
• The larynx and the glottal cycle
• Resonance
• Vowels