The impact of muscles of mastication on the voice timbre and vowel articulation
Jagoda Bloch
Pełny tekst artykułuThis article is concerned with careless pronunciation of journalists reading news during a news program at major commercial television stations. The clarity of pronunciation and voice timbre constitutes a part of a journalistic technique. Caring for the correct technique of speech, as well as the clarity of pronunciation is an essential part of working in the media industry. The major problem for journalists is the reading speed. It influences a series of tensions arising, among others, in the work of temporomandibular joint. In turn, these tensions induce changes in voice timbre. Namely, it acquires a nasal tone. Muscles of mastication’s dysfunctions are also the cause of changes in the vowel articulation, which leads to the misunderstanding of the speech delivered by journalists.
KEYWORDS
technique of speech, vocal emission, diction, articulation, communication