Making computers talk (Peter Ladefoged)

Questions, suggestions and issues to consider 1 What does Fry mean when he states that ‘for the ordinary person the word “deaf”

tends to have an all-or-none character’? What is the reality of the situation? 2 Discuss the significance of ‘babbling’. See if you can get access to a recording

of a young baby babbling – or, even better, try to make such a recording yourself.