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The dangers of women’s speech

For centuries, women have been ridiculed and punished for excessive talking, despite the fact that men gossip just as much.

  • Article

The sweet sound of synthetic speech

After Alex experienced a serious deterioration in his sight, he came to rely on artificial voices to help him with everyday tasks. Find out how synthetic speech came to be developed.

  • Article

Aphasia and drawing elephants

When Thomas Parkinson investigated the history of “speech science”, he discovered an unexpected link between empire, elephants and aphasia.

  • Book extract

Out of the mouth trap

After 15 years of speech therapy, Jonty Claypole decided to make peace with his stammer. He explores our fear of disfluency, revealing how accepting it could actually increase our creativity and persuasiveness.

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  • Tools for examining speech.
  • The disorders of speech / by John Wyllie.
  • The disorders of speech / by John Wyllie.
  • The disorders of speech / by John Wyllie.
  • Portrait of Marat making a speech by Pannier
  • Aphasia and kindred disorders of speech / by Henry Head.
  • Aphasia and kindred disorders of speech / by Henry Head.
  • Aphasia and kindred disorders of speech / by Henry Head.
  • Aphasia and kindred disorders of speech / by Henry Head.
  • Aphasia and kindred disorders of speech / by Henry Head.
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Events

  • Gallery tour

Speech-to-Text tour of Teeth

Gallery 2
Past

Part of Access Tours and Discussions

  • Speech-to-text
  • Gallery tour

STT Tour of Ayurvedic Man: Encounters with Indian Medicine

Online
Past
  • Speech-to-text
  • Gallery tour

STT Tour of Living with Buildings

Information Point
Past

Part of Access Tours and Discussions

  • Speech-to-text
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