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ASLP 3030 Exam 2025 Questions and Answers 1. What is a U-tube manometer and what does it measure? - --CORRECT ANSWER--measures the amount of force. in speech we use cmH20 this is used to measure the force required to move water. During speech research we can measure things using water columns. The person blows into the column and pushes the water from 0 (pressure to be measured)down the column at 6cm. (atmospheric pressure) Not good way to measure speech because different sounds require different amounts of force. 1. How does intraoral air pressure differ for a stop and/or fricative consonant vs. a vowel consonant? Which sound has intraoral pressure that is roughly equal to atmospheric pressure? - --CORRECT ANSWER--Vowel consonant has intraoral pressure that is roughly equal to atmospheric pressure because the mouth is wide open so the pressure inside the mouth is the same as the outside. the pressure for fricatives is elevated intraoral pressure because you have to build up pressure for sounds like /s/ /z/ ....COPYRIGHT ©️ 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...TRUSTED & VERIFIED 1