Raymond Herbert Stetson (died 4 December 1950) was an American

speech scientist Speech science refers to the study of production, transmission and perception of speech. Speech science involves anatomy, in particular the anatomy of the oro-facial region and neuroanatomy, physiology, and acoustics. Speech production The pro ...

Oberlin College Oberlin College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1833, it is the oldest Mixed-sex education, coeducational lib ...

. In 1928 he published an influential book called ''Motor Phonetics: A Study of Speech Movements in Action''. He is the one who developed the chest pulses theory in the study of English syllables; the number of syllables is determined in the number of chest pulses. He graduated from

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

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