Abstract
Transglottal airflow is necessary for voicing. During complete oral closure, however, the capacity of the vocal tract to absorb this airflow is insufficient for the voiced stop closure durations commonly observed in speech. Some additional mechanism(s) to absorb glottal airflow must be present, and several have been suggested. This paper focuses on the hypothesis that larynx lowering is one such mechanism. To test this hypothesis, simultaneous larynx height and intraoral air pressure data were recorded for intervocalic /p, b/. Differences in the findings for the voiced and voiceless stop consonants will be evaluated.
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