Ingo R. Titze on BBC Radio: Discovery

BBC Radio -- The Human Voice

BBC -- Discovery. Featuring Dr. Ingo Titze of the National Center for Voice and Speech.

BBC Radio speaks of the human voice and how it works. They compared the human voice to a duck call, due to the vibration of a tube. Humans use the vibration and shape the articulators to create speech. The larynx is why we can speak. As humans we have a descended larynx. They address infant directed speech and how the infant directed speech is actually beneficial for children. Lastly, the address mechanical larynx -- these are due to laryngeal cancer. Due to our imperfections, we aren't able to produce a mechanical larynx that sounds human.

Also interviewed in the presentation was Tecumseh Fitch who worked with NCVS scientist to study tiger vocalization.

The audio is freely available as a podcast from BBC World Service. The audio was put to visuals by Melissa Bishop to help convey information.

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