The Receptive and Negative Practice exercise presents a word in three different ways: incorrectly (with a glottal vowel), with an initial “h” sound (to model easy onset of the vowel), and correctly. On the first screen, play the models for the client and allow them to listen to the three different productions. When they are finished listening, click Next to proceed to the practice portion of the exercise.
On the next page, the client should press Record and practice saying the word correctly. As in previous voicing exercises, when the client has finished recording, Speech Visualization will analyze the client’s production for glottal attacks and breathiness. Glottal attacks will be highlighted in red, and breathiness will be highlighted in yellow. Sound that is both glottal and breathy will be highlighted in pink.
Some clinicians may elect to teach “negative practice”. This process of practicing “wrong” intentionally is indicated when the client needs to compare and contrast the different “feel” of the productions. Negative practice is not indicated when it will cause further damage to the vocal folds. The ultimate goal is to gain control over the vocal mechanism and produce speech that does not cause physiological damage, and is functional.
Check and review Speech Visualization’s guesses. If you see an area marked that shouldn’t be, select it by highlighting it, then click Remove. If you want to mark an area as a glottal attack or as breathiness, select the area and click the Glottal or Breathy button.
After the appropriate ranges of sound are highlighted, Speech Visualization will display the overall glottal and breathy percentages to the right of the graph. Review these, then click Next when you are ready to continue.
If automatic saving is not enabled, the speech sample can be saved by clicking on the Save Recording... button. All of the samples for this exercise are saved in the same folder and given a name that starts with the word, followed by the date, and time. You can play the sample by clicking on the Load Recording... button and selecting it from the list.