2/28/26, 11:26 AM SLP 5008 Final Exam Study Guide: Key Terms & Definitions
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Physics Formulas associated with phonation: Frequency
Of vibration is how often a cycle of vibration repeats itself
Physics Formulas associated with phonation: Period
Is the time it takes to pass through once cycle of vibration
- = 1/t(period)
Physics Formulas associated with phonation: Frequency and Period are
inverse of each other
Physics Formulas associated with phonation: Pressure
Force / unit area
SPEECH SOUNDS NOT MADE WITH THE VOCAL FOLDS:
Coughing
Throat Clearing
Abdominal Fixation
Swallowing
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,2/28/26, 11:26 AM SLP 5008 Final Exam Study Guide: Key Terms & Definitions
The most important function of the larynx
The protection of the airway because failure to prohibit the entry of foreign
objects into the lungs is life-threatening
- function is fulfilled by coughing and other associative reflexive actions
COUGHING
Forceful evacuation of respiratory passageway, including deep inhalation
through widely abducted vocal folds, tensing adn right adduction of the
vocal folds, adn elevation of the larynx, followed by forceful expiration
Coughing key notes:
- response by the tissues of the respiratory passageway to an irritant
or foreign object, mediated by the visceral afferent (sensory) portion
of the X Vagus nerve innervating the bronchial mucosa
- The high pressure of forced expiration blows the vocal folds open
- The aerodynamic benefit: the person coughing generates a maximal
flow of air through the passageway to expel the irritating object
- negative side of cough: The force required for its production - Chronic
irritation of the respiratory system leads to vocal abuse in the form of
repeated coughing
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, 2/28/26, 11:26 AM SLP 5008 Final Exam Study Guide: Key Terms & Definitions
THROAT CLEARING
not as violent as the full cough, but is nonetheless stressful
Throat clearing key notes
- If you spend a moment clearing your throat and feeling its effect, you
can sense respiratory effort that is countered by the tightening of the
laryngeal musculature
- You build up pressure in the subglottal region adn clamp the vocal
folds shut to restrain the pressure
- Although this clamping serves a purpose, in that it permits you to clear your
respiratory passageway of mucus, it also places the delicate tissues of the
vocal folds under a great deal of strain, and the results can be very
problematic to a trained voice
- Possible clinical side to throat clearing: if a client cannot approximate the
vocal folds because of muscular weakness, the clinician has a means of
achieving this closure. If you can get a client to cough voluntarily, you can very
likely get the client to phonate. Both of these actions involve the muscles of
adduction (lateral cricoarytenoid, arytenoids, and thyrovocalis).
- The medial compression generated in the cough is quite large, rivaled
only by that required for abdominal fixation
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SLP 5008: Final Exam Study Guide E x a m M o s t R e c e n t E x a m
Actual Complete Questions And Correct Answers
(Verified Answers) Already Graded A+ |
Guaranteed Success!! Newest Exam | Just
Released!! 2026-2027
Physics Formulas associated with phonation: Frequency
Of vibration is how often a cycle of vibration repeats itself
Physics Formulas associated with phonation: Period
Is the time it takes to pass through once cycle of vibration
- = 1/t(period)
Physics Formulas associated with phonation: Frequency and Period are
inverse of each other
Physics Formulas associated with phonation: Pressure
Force / unit area
SPEECH SOUNDS NOT MADE WITH THE VOCAL FOLDS:
Coughing
Throat Clearing
Abdominal Fixation
Swallowing
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,2/28/26, 11:26 AM SLP 5008 Final Exam Study Guide: Key Terms & Definitions
The most important function of the larynx
The protection of the airway because failure to prohibit the entry of foreign
objects into the lungs is life-threatening
- function is fulfilled by coughing and other associative reflexive actions
COUGHING
Forceful evacuation of respiratory passageway, including deep inhalation
through widely abducted vocal folds, tensing adn right adduction of the
vocal folds, adn elevation of the larynx, followed by forceful expiration
Coughing key notes:
- response by the tissues of the respiratory passageway to an irritant
or foreign object, mediated by the visceral afferent (sensory) portion
of the X Vagus nerve innervating the bronchial mucosa
- The high pressure of forced expiration blows the vocal folds open
- The aerodynamic benefit: the person coughing generates a maximal
flow of air through the passageway to expel the irritating object
- negative side of cough: The force required for its production - Chronic
irritation of the respiratory system leads to vocal abuse in the form of
repeated coughing
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, 2/28/26, 11:26 AM SLP 5008 Final Exam Study Guide: Key Terms & Definitions
THROAT CLEARING
not as violent as the full cough, but is nonetheless stressful
Throat clearing key notes
- If you spend a moment clearing your throat and feeling its effect, you
can sense respiratory effort that is countered by the tightening of the
laryngeal musculature
- You build up pressure in the subglottal region adn clamp the vocal
folds shut to restrain the pressure
- Although this clamping serves a purpose, in that it permits you to clear your
respiratory passageway of mucus, it also places the delicate tissues of the
vocal folds under a great deal of strain, and the results can be very
problematic to a trained voice
- Possible clinical side to throat clearing: if a client cannot approximate the
vocal folds because of muscular weakness, the clinician has a means of
achieving this closure. If you can get a client to cough voluntarily, you can very
likely get the client to phonate. Both of these actions involve the muscles of
adduction (lateral cricoarytenoid, arytenoids, and thyrovocalis).
- The medial compression generated in the cough is quite large, rivaled
only by that required for abdominal fixation
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