Age and voice quality in professional singers

Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 169-176

  Sundberg, Johan ^a   Thörnvik, Marie Niska ^b   Söderström, Anna Maria ^c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Perception; Recording year; Singer's formant; Singing; Vibrato

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000982008     PISSN: 14015439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/140154398434077     Document Type: Article

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