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Tongue and Vocal Tract

Tongue movement is explicit, particularly in the context of verbal communication, in the formation of phonemes such as ``ll'', ``dd'', etc. The motion of the tongue often becomes obscured by the mouth motion. However, incorporation of tongue movement has immense importance for precise simulation of speech. The vocal tract is an important anatomical structure for speech production. This is of concern to clinicians.


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Thu Nov 17 10:12:34 EST 1994