A study of the effects of vocal intensity variation on children's voices using Long-Term Average Spectrum (LTAS) analysis

Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 111-120

  White, Peta ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ASME   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Intensity variation; LTAS; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007644119     PISSN: 14015439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/140154398434121     Document Type: Article

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