In the speech-related field, physical models of the vocal tract are effective tools for education in acoustics. Arais cylinder-type models are based on Chiba and Kajiyamas measurement of vocal-tract shapes. The models quickly and effectively demonstrate vowel production. In this study, we developed physical models with simplified shapes as educational tools to illustrate how vocal-tract shape accounts for differences among vowels. As a result, the five Japanese vowels were produced by tube-connected models, where several uniform tubes with different cross-sectional areas and lengths are connected as Fants and Arais three-tube models.
Cite as: Arai, T. (2009) Simple physical models of the vocal tract for education in speech science. Proc. Interspeech 2009, 756-759, doi: 10.21437/Interspeech.2009-170
@inproceedings{arai09b_interspeech,
author={Takayuki Arai},
title={{Simple physical models of the vocal tract for education in speech science}},
year=2009,
booktitle={Proc. Interspeech 2009},
pages={756--759},
doi={10.21437/Interspeech.2009-170}
}