What distinguishes acoustic analysis of fricatives from that of vowels in speech pathology?

💡 Explanation

Acoustic analysis of fricatives differs because, unlike vowels, fricatives exhibit noise-like acoustic energy due to turbulent airflow constriction within the vocal tract. Therefore, spectrographic analysis focuses on identifying the frequency range and intensity of this aperiodic noise, rather than formant structures seen in vowels.

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