How do we breathe and speak? This animated video on vocal mechanics from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), explains the processes of breathing, voicing, and speaking. The video shows the sequential movements within your body that allow you to produce voice and speech, starting with breathing.

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