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phonate

[foh-neyt] / ˈfoʊ neɪt /




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The MPI program software provides real-time feedback to the stutterer regarding the occurrence of these short phonated intervals so he or she can learn to reduce their occurrence, which improves fluency.

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This view was obtained as the subject was phonating, so that the vocal bands are approximated somewhat closely.

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The ventricular bands or false vocal cords vicariously phonate in the absence of the true cords, and assist in the protective function of the larynx.

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A phonated interval is the elapsed time of a voiced unit of speech.

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Instead of feeling that the breath passes out, the voice-producer should rather feel, when phonating, as if it passed in—an illusion, it is true, but still a safe one.

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