ReuVary ge. § atts mi You need te ‘ : re both t iof the person you are speaking tw t i First i i minutes of oral reading —perk 5 rd a fe age difficulty from a book. Th . passage of aver count the number of word \ to the tape and Servecsational eneech is ontcei, os mute. erage rate of you can mak ear elect a ak 60 words per minut Quality is the tone of your voice. Your tone that 1 aiaiies ecttialie quality is the speaker's unpleasant vocal quality is caused by a physical a =s Or impairment. However, some people develop unpleasant quali ties that can an 1 should be ch The most common quality problems are P are arseness, and harshness. 1. Nasality is characterized by too much nasal resonance of all vocal sounds, It is caused by incomplete closure of the passage between the oral cavity and the nasal cavity. Nasal resonance itself is not wrong, The three sounds [m], [n), and (n] are supposed to be nasal, In addition, most people have a touch of nasal resonance in normal conversation. The problem arises when the nasal resonance is so pronounced that the voice sounds whiny or tinny. using your voice OFice sounds, try talkin, F your tongue toward q aris A ail Ra 3 east eh scked and that sou tary h so that the mot" Now speak. Notice jy. Ot peted into the nasil CAV speaking, lower the ad I th dis ey is sent to the mouth. Noties jy, ice cli uch unvoiced al “e8¢aping 2. Breathiness 5 peak It is caused by fai) dhru tt . nough together. One Cause jf sre to bring @ f fer breathy speaking becanse breathiness t People may Pry lopment of growths om th takes less energy: Ant ht cowths prevent the folds from con cal folds themselves. These ing together smoothly fine if you wish to sound that way aay ee reathiness with softness OF Warmth associate vrowever, if your voice is too breathy | our listeners may be distracted by the quality of your voice and not be attentive to your message. If you haye 1 problem with breathiness, you may want to consult a speech therapist to find out its cause. If the cause is simple laziness, you can correct it by doing ) | | 3. Harshness is characterized by an unpleasant, grating sound that may | also be hard or metallic. Harshness is caused by speaking with too much | tension in the larynx area, People | who wrestle, play football, or engage | in other activities that demand strong neck muscles may tend to keep their \ ? neck muscles tense all the time. 4 P ‘PA harsh voice is sometimes caused by# (Be speaker's attempt to talk at a pitch that is too high or too low. The cure “us” for harshness is to relax the neck a muscles, Fim ess Nain None yes To hear what harshness sounds like, tense your neck forous fer the brechiness of ue as much as you can. Then try to talk for two minutes be nice otice what happens to the sound of your voice after just 19 minutes 6 THE COMMUNICATION PRoceESsae 7 i you go about your daily routine, make notes in your Coates. ‘communication journal about speakers you encomnter who have Ni specially good voices to listen to and those whose voices are ule . somehow unpleas at to listen to. Write down your id pout A Y velit makes one speaker's voice pleasing and another's iitating wsine your voice 6