title: Perspectives on the Edinburgh study of speech breathing.
abstract: This article offers critical perspectives on the Edinburgh study of speech breathing reported in this journal (Draper, Ladefoged, & Whitteridge, 1959) and elsewhere (Draper, Ladefoged, & Whitteridge, 1960; Ladefoged, Draper, & Whitteridge, 1958). These perspectives concern: (a) errors in establishing a backdrop of mechanical information; (b) discrepancies between data and statements about them; (c) counterpredictive features between data and other knowledge about breathing; and (d) inadequacies in acquiring, portraying, and interpreting electromyographic information relative to the muscular contributions of different parts of the breathing apparatus.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Neurogenic Communication Disorders, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Hixon
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Weismer
mesh_terms: D000399:Air Pressure; D001274:Atmospheric Pressure; D004576:Electromyography; D004947:Esophagus; D006801:Humans; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D012119:Respiration; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics; D013060:Speech; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D014132:Trachea