ABSTRACT
Perhaps no other piece of instrumentation is as universally used in the speech and hearing clinic or laboratory as the tape recorder. In fact, if you take a casual stroll through the average clinic you will usually sight a dozen or more tape recorders. We take for granted the use of tape recorders for storing the sound of the human voice. We may not be so familiar with the techniques of making good recordings or with understanding the way in which the recording process actually works, however. The purpose of this chapter is to explore the recorder and the recording process in some detail so that you can put this piece of instrumentation to work to its fullest potential.
