MRI Gallery of 3-D Vocal Tract Shapes

The images shown on this page are three-dimensional reconstructions of 22 static vocal tract shapes corresponding to vowels and consonants of American English. In addition, reconstructions of the trachea are displayed at the bottom of the page. The images were acquired from one adult male and one adult female. At the time of scanning, the male was 29 years old, 5 foot 7 inches tall and weighed 145 pounds. The female was 27 years old, 5 foot 2 inches tall and weighed 120 pounds. The male is a native of the midwestern United States while the female is a native of Texas.

--Male--           --Female--

/ii/3d ii 3d ii

/ih/ih ih

/eh/

/ae/

/ah/

/aa/

/aw/

/oo/

/uh/

/uu/

/er/

/ll/

/mm/

/nn/

/ng/

/pp/
 

/tt/

/kk/

/ff/

/th/

/ss/

/sh/  

trachea



                                                                            nasal tract (male only)
                                                 nasal tract nasal tract

All image processing was performed with the VIDA software package.

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Copyright 1997 Brad H. Story. Unauthorized use of any images shown here, is strictly prohibited.